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Judges 8:31-33
New Catholic Bible
Judges 8:31-33
New Catholic Bible
31 His concubine[a] who lived in Shechem also had a son who was called Abimelech. 32 Gideon, the son of Joash, lived to a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites turned again and prostituted themselves after the Baals. They set up Baal-berith[b] as their god
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- Judges 8:31 Concubine: a woman who was inferior to her husband’s primary wife.
- Judges 8:33 Baal-berith: Canaanite god worshiped as “lord of the covenant,” and in Jdg 9:46 referred to as El-berith, “god of the covenant.”
