Judges 8:28-32
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28 So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they lifted up their heads no more. So the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.(A)
Death of Gideon
29 Jerubbaal son of Joash went to live in his own house.(B) 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.(C) 31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.(D) 32 Then Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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Judges 8:28-32
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 In this way Midian was humbled before the people of Israel, and they did not raise their heads again.
The land was quiet for forty years during the days of Gideon.
29 Jerubbaal son of Joash returned and lived in his own house. 30 Gideon had seventy sons, who were his direct descendants from his own body, because he had many wives. 31 Also his concubine at Shechem bore him a son, and he named him Abimelek.[a]
32 Finally Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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- Judges 8:31 Abimelek means my father is king or father of a king.
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