Judges 8:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 8:29

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.

Death of Gideon

29 Then ^aJerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

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.

32 Now Gideon the son of Joash died ^aat a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, ^bin Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 So it was, ^aas soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again ^bplayed the harlot with the Baals, ^cand made Baal-Berith their god.

34 Thus the children of Israel ^adid not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;

Verse Comparison: Judges 8:29

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American Standard Version
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

Amplified® Bible
Jerubbaal (Gideon) son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 8:27)

Darby English Version
Jerubba'al the son of Jo'ash went and dwelt in his own house.

Good News Bible
Gideon went back to his own home and lived there.

King James Version
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

New International Version
Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live.

New King James Version
Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

Revised Standard Version
Jerubba'al the son of Jo'ash went and dwelt in his own house.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,

New English Translation
Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.¹

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