Judges 8:24-33

24Then heH1439 addedH559, “Let me make a requestH7592H7596 of you, that each of youH376 giveH5414 me an earringH5141 from his plunderH7998.” (ForH3588 the enemies had goldH2091 earringsH5141 becauseH3588 theyH1992 were IshmaelitesH3459.)

25“We will give them gladlyH5414,” they repliedH559.

So they spread outH6566 a garmentH8071, and each manH376 threwH7993 an earringH5141 from his plunderH7998 onto itH8033. 26The weightH4948 of the goldH2091 earringsH5141 he had requestedH7592 wasH1961 1,700H505H7651H3967 shekels,1 in addition toH905H4480 the crescent ornamentsH7720, the pendantsH5188, the purpleH713 garmentsH899 ofH5921 the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080H905H4480, and the chainsH6060 from the necksH6677 of their camelsH1581.

27From all this GideonH1439 madeH6213 an ephodH646, which he placedH3322 in OphrahH6084, his hometownH5892. But soon allH3605 IsraelH3478 prostituted themselvesH2181 by worshiping itH310 thereH8033, and it becameH1961 a snareH4170 to GideonH1439 and his householdH1004.

28In this way MidianH4080 was subduedH3665 beforeH6440 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 and did notH3808 raiseH5375 its headH7218 againH3254. So the landH776 had restH8252 for fortyH705 yearsH8141 in the daysH3117 of GideonH1439, 29and he—JerubbaalH33782 sonH1121 of JoashH3101—returnedH1980 homeH1004 and settled downH3427.

30GideonH1439 hadH1961 seventyH7657 sonsH1121 of his ownH3318H3409,3 sinceH3588 he hadH1961 manyH7227 wivesH802. 31His concubineH6370, whoH834 dwelt in ShechemH7927, alsoH1571H1931 boreH3205 him a sonH1121, and he namedH7760 himH8034 AbimelechH40.

32Later, GideonH1439 sonH1121 of JoashH3101 diedH4191 at a ripeH2896 old ageH7872 and was buriedH6912 in the tombH6913 of his fatherH1 JoashH3101 in OphrahH6084 of the AbiezritesH33.

33AndH1961 as soon asH834 GideonH1439 was deadH4191, the IsraelitesH1121H3478 turnedH7725 and prostituted themselvesH2181 withH310 the BaalsH1168, and they set upH7760 Baal-berithH1170 as their godH430.