Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal

²⁸ When the men of the city got up early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal and the Asherah^[a] that was beside it were cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. ²⁹ And they said to one another,^[b] “Who did this thing?” So they searched and inquired, and they said, “Gideon son of Jehoash did this thing.” ³⁰ And the men of the city said to Jehoash, “Bring out your son so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah that was beside it.”