Judges 8:28-32
English Standard Version
28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. (A)And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
The Death of Gideon
29 (B)Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had (C)seventy sons, his own offspring,[a] for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine (D)who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died (E)in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, (F)at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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- Judges 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins
Judges 8:28-32
Common English Bible
28 So Midian was brought down before the Israelites and no longer raised its head. The land was peaceful for forty years during Gideon’s time.
Gideon’s death
29 Jerubbaal, Joash’s son, went home to live with his own household. 30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own because he had many wives. 31 His secondary wife who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. 32 Gideon, Joash’s son, 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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