Encyclopedia of The Bible – Jehovah-Shalom
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Jehovah-Shalom

JEHOVAH-SHALOM jĭ hō’ və shā’ ləm (KJV tr. of יְהוָ֛ה שָׁלֹ֥ום, Yahweh is peace). The name (KJV) Gideon gave the altar he constructed in Ophrah to commemorate the visit of the angel of the Lord, who assured Gideon that he would not die because he had seen an angel, and commissioned him to liberate Israel from the Midianites (Judg 6:23, 24).