Gideon’s Death

²⁸ Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head^(A) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace^(B) forty years.

³³ No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.^(A) They set up Baal-Berith^(B) as their god^{(C) 34} and did not remember^(D) the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.