27 Then Gideon ^amade it into an ephod and set it up in his city, ^bOphrah. And all Israel ^cplayed the harlot with it there. It became ^da snare to Gideon and to his house.  ‡

28 Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. ^aAnd the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.  ‡

30 Gideon had ^aseventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.  ‡

31 ^aAnd his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.  ‡