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Text -- Judges 8:30-35 (NET)
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8:30 Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives .
8:31 His concubine , who lived in Shechem , also gave him a son , whom he named Abimelech .
8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites .
Israel Returns to Baal-Worship
8:33 After Gideon died , the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals . They made Baal-Berith their god .
8:34 The Israelites did not remain true to the Lord their God , who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.
8:35 They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon ) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Gideon |
Oppression |
Judge |
Zebah |
Midianites |
Abimelech |
Joash |
Ophrah |
BAAL-BERITH |
Ingratitude |
Israel |
ZERUIAH |
Concubinage |
BAAL |
Polygamy |
Shechem |
THIGH |
Forgetting God |
JUDGES, BOOK OF |
BODY |
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