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(Heb. Yerubba'al, éְøֻáִּòִì , contender with Baal; comp. ISHBAAL; Sept. É᾿åñïâÜáë ), a surname of GIDEON SEE GIDEON (q.v.), the judge of Israel, given him in consequence of his overthrow of the idol (Jdg_6:32; Jdg_7:1; Jdg_8:29; Jdg_8:35; Jdg_9:1-2; Jdg_9:5; Jdg_9:16; Jdg_9:19; Jdg_9:24; Jdg_9:28; Jdg_9:57; 2Sa_12:11). “The name Jerubbaal appears in the Graecized form of Hierombal ( ῾Éåñüìâáëïò ) in a fragment of Philo-Byblius preserved by Eusebius (Proep. Evang. 1, 9); but the identity of name does not authorize us to conclude that it is Gideon who is there referred to. In the Palmyrene inscriptions, É᾿áñßâïëïò appears as the name of a deity (Gesenius, Monun. Pheon. p. 229; Movers, Phonicier, 1, 434).” Josephus omits all reference to the incident (Ant. 5, 6). SEE JERUBBESHETH.