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Text -- Judges 8:32-35 (NET)
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Context
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:
Midianites |
Judge |
Zebah |
Oppression |
Gideon |
Abimelech |
Ophrah |
Israel |
Ingratitude |
BAAL-BERITH |
Joash |
BAAL |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Forgetting God |
INTERCESSION |
BAAL (1) |
ABIEZER |
Tombs |
GOD, 2 |
Abiezrite |
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NET Notes: Jdg 8:33 Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s coven...
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