Judges 8:29

8:29 Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down. ¹ 

Judges 8:32

8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very ²  old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 8:13

8:13 Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass ³  of Heres.

Judges 6:29-31

6:29 They said to one another, ⁴  “Who did this?” ⁵  They investigated the matter thoroughly ⁶  and concluded ⁷  that Gideon son of Joash had done it. 6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! ⁸  He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.” 6:31 But Joash said to all those who confronted him, ⁹  “Must you fight Baal’s battles? ¹⁰  Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause ¹¹  will die by morning! ¹²  If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! ¹³  After all, it was his altar that was pulled down.” ¹⁴ 

Judges 7:14

7:14 The other man said, ¹⁵  “Without a doubt this symbolizes ¹⁶  the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

[8:29]  ¹ tn Heb “went and lived in his house.”

[8:32]  ² tn Heb “good.”

[8:13]  ³ tn Or “ascent.”

[6:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “each one to his neighbor.”

[6:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “this thing.”

[6:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “they inquired and searched.” The synonyms are joined to emphasize the care with which they conducted their inquiry.

[6:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “and said.” Perhaps the plural subject is indefinite. If so, it could be translated, “they were told.”

[6:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.

[6:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “to all who stood against him.”

[6:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “Do you fight for Baal?”

[6:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “fights for him.”

[6:31]  ⁹ sn Whoever takes up his cause will die by morning. This may be a warning to the crowd that Joash intends to defend his son and to kill anyone who tries to execute Gideon. Then again, it may be a sarcastic statement about Baal’s apparent inability to defend his own honor. Anyone who takes up Baal’s cause may end up dead, perhaps by the same hand that pulled down the pagan god’s altar.

[6:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fight for himself.”

[6:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for he pulled down his altar.” The subject of the verb, if not Gideon, is indefinite (in which case a passive translation is permissible).

[7:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[7:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”