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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

je-ho'-va sha'-lom (yahweb shalom, "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" (Jud 6:24). It is equivalent to "Yahweh is well disposed."