Jehovah-Shalom

The margin of the Bible renders this title of a covenant God, "The Lord send peace." It was ascribed to the Lord by Gideon, in the prospect of conquering Midian. (Judg. vi.24.) It proved so then, and it has proved so in numberless instances ever since. But seen with an eye to Christ, it is eminently blessed; here, indeed, JEHOVAH, in the covenant of peace founded in Christ before all worlds, may, and must be called, in the strongest emphasis, JEHOVAH SHALOM.

Jehovah of peace, or prosperity, the name given by Gideon to an altar which he built in the place where the Angel-Jehovah had appeared to him, and saluted him by saying "Peace be unto thee," Jdg 6:24 .\par

Jeho’vah-sha’lom. (Jehovah (is) peace). Or, with an ellipsis, "Jehovah the God of peace". The altar erected by Gideon in Orphrah was so called, in memory of the salutation addressed to him, by the angel of Jehovah, "Peace be unto thee." Jdg 6:24.

("Jehovah is peace".) Gideon so-called his altar of thanksgiving (not sacrifice) in Ophrah, to commemorate the angel of Jehovah’s salutation, "Peace be unto thee"; where rather judgment for national backslidings was to have been expected, and when he himself had feared death, as having seen the angel of Jehovah. Jehovah’s assurance of "peace" confirmed His previous announcement that Gideon would conquer Midian and deliver Israel.

JEHOVAH-SHALOM.—The name given by Gideon to the altar he erected in Ophrah (Jdg 6:24). The name means ‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] is peace’ (i.e. well-disposed), in allusion to J″ [Note: Jahweh.] ’s words in Jdg 6:23 ‘Peace be unto thee.’

jē̇-hō´va shā´lom (יהוה שׁלום, yahweh shālōm, “Yahweh is peace”): This was the name given by Gideon to the altar he built at Ophra, in allusion to the word spoken to him by the Lord, “Peace be unto thee” (Jdg 6:24). It is equivalent to “Yahweh is well disposed.”