{"id":1348,"date":"2013-04-28T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?page_id=1348"},"modified":"2013-05-26T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T11:05:48","slug":"yhwh-shalom-the-lord-is-peace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/names-of-god\/yhwh-shalom-the-lord-is-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"YHWH SHALOM: The LORD is Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The LORD is Peace (Judges 6:23-24)<\/h1>\n

But the Lord said to him, \u201cPeace to you. Don\u2019t be afraid, for you will not die.\u201d So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it Yahweh Shalom (Judges 6:23-24 HCSB)<\/i><\/p>\n

But the Lord said to him, \u201cPeace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.\u201d Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. (Judges 6:23-24 ESV)<\/i><\/p>\n

Derivations\/Usage<\/h2>\n
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  • YHWH: from the Hebrew word \u201chavah\u201d, meaning \u201cto be\u201d or \u201cbeing\u201d. Closely associated with the Hebrew word \u201cchavah\u201d, meaning \u201cto live\u201d or \u201clife\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Shalom: shalom or shalom, shaw-lome’; (shalam); safe, i.e. (figurative) well, happy, friendly; also (abstract) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace :- do, familiar, fare, favour, + friend, great, (good) health, (perfect, such as be at) peace (-able, -ably), prosper (-ity, -ous), rest, safe (-ty), salute, welfare, (all is, be) well, wholly. (from www.mystudybible.com)<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Usage of \u201cshalom\u201d in the Old Testament: Welfare (Genesis 43:27)<\/i>; good health (Genesis 43:28)<\/i>; all is well, safe ( 2 Samuel 18: 28, 29)<\/i>; prosperity (Psalm 35:27)<\/i>; favor (Song of Solomon 8:10)<\/i>; rest (Psalm 38:3)<\/i>; whole (Deuteronomy 27:6)<\/i>; finished (1 Kings 9:25; Daniel 5:26)<\/i>; full (Genesis 15:16)<\/i>; make good (Exodus 21:34)<\/i>; restitution or repay, well or welfare (Exodus 22:5, 6; Genesis 43:27; 2 Samuel 20:9)<\/i>; pay or perform in the sense of fulfilling or completing obligations (Psalm 37:21; 50:14; Deuteronomy 23:21)<\/i>. In some cases it is translated requite and recompense (Deuteronomy 32:35)<\/i>. Several times it is given as perfect (1 Chronicles 29:19)<\/i> the idea being wholeness or in harmony with God. <\/i><\/b>(from \u201cAll the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible\u201d by Herbert Lockyer)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    YHWH (Jehovah) is Peace<\/h2>\n

    The Israelites were in a bind. They disobeyed God\u2019s command to drive out the inhabitants of the promised land (Judges 1:27-35)<\/i> because they<\/p>\n

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    • had forgotten about Jehovah Jireh, who provided redemption from bondage<\/li>\n
    • were not mindful of Jehovah Raphah, who healed their sicknesses and sorrows<\/li>\n
    • turned their backs on Jehovah Nissi, who had been their banner in battle, and so suffered defeats as they strove to conquer the land in their own power, and<\/li>\n
    • they would not sanctify themselves to Jehovah M\u2019Kaddesh, but instead bowed to the gods of their enemies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      A new generation was born who did not know the LORD their ancestors had forgotten.<\/p>\n

      Peace is for the righteous<\/h3>\n