Judges 8:28-35

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²⁸ That is the true account of how Midian was subdued by Israel. Midian never recovered, and the land was at peace for forty years—all during Gideon’s lifetime. ²⁹ He returned home ³⁰ and eventually had seventy sons, for he married many wives. ³¹ He also had a concubine in Shechem, who presented him with a son named Abimelech. ³² Gideon finally died, an old, old man, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father, Joash, in Ophrah, in the land of the Abiezrites.

³³ But as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelis began to worship the idols Baal and Baal-berith. ³⁴ They no longer considered the Lord as their God, though he had rescued them from all their enemies on every side. ³⁵ Nor did they show any kindness to the family of Gideon despite all he had done for them.