Judges 8
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Judges 8:28-32

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—JerubbaalH33781 sonH1121 of JoashH3101—returnedH1980 homeH1004 and settled downH3427.

30GideonH1439 hadH1961 seventyH7657 sonsH1121 of his ownH3318H3409,2 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.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 8:29 Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; also in verse 35; see Judges 6:32. ↩
  2. 2. Judges 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins ↩

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