Judges 8:24-33

24Then he said to them, “Let me make a request of you: Everyone give me an earring from his plunder.” Now the enemy had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.

25They said, “We agree to give them.” So they spread out a cloak, and everyone threw an earring from his plunder on it.

26The weight of the gold earrings he requested was forty-three pounds of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

27Gideon made an ephod from all this and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. Then all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

28So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land had peace for forty years during the days of Gideon.

29Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to live at his house.

30Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

31His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32Then Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33When Gideon died, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.