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Joash

יוֹאָשׁ · yo.ash · H3101G“who despairs or burns” Hitchcock's 18698 mentions, all in Judges

Who he was

Joash, an Abiezrite from the tribe of Manasseh, was the father of Gideon, one of the judges of Israel. He first appears in Judges 6:11, where the Angel of the Lord visits Gideon while he is threshing wheat in Joash's winepress to hide from the Midianites.

When Gideon tears down the altar of Baal and the Asherah pole beside it, the men of the city demand that Joash surrender his son to be put to death (Judges 6:29–30). However, Joash defends Gideon, saying that if Baal is truly a god, he can defend himself (Judges 6:31). This event earns Gideon the name Jerubbaal, meaning "Let Baal contend against him."

Joash is mentioned again in Judges 7:14, where the Midianites interpret a dream as a sign that God has given them into the hand of Gideon, the son of Joash. After Gideon's victory over the Midianites, he returns to his father's house in Ophrah (Jdg.8.13,29). Joash dies at a good old age and is buried in the tomb of his father in Ophrah (Judges 8:32).

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Every mention

8 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Judges 8 mentions

Judges 6:11Yahweh’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.Judges 6:29They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”Judges 6:30Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”Judges 6:31Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend…Judges 7:14His fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”Judges 8:13Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.Judges 8:29Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.Judges 8:32Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

What the dictionary says

Whom Jehovah bestowed.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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