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28 So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.

The Death and Burial of Gideon

29 Then (A)Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had (B)seventy sons who [a]were his direct descendants, for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he [b]named him Abimelech. 32 Then Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:30 Lit came from his loins
  2. Judges 8:31 Lit appointed his name

28 And Midian was subdued before the Israelites,[a] and they did not again lift up their head, and the land rested for forty years in the days of Gideon.

The Death of Gideon

29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring,[b] for he had many wives. 31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore for him a son, and he named him[c] Abimelech. 32 And Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of Jehoash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Judges 8:30 Literally “from his own loins”
  3. Judges 8:31 Literally “he set his name”
  4. Judges 8:32 Hebrew “Abiezrite”