Gideon built an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> there, and named it &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is on friendly terms with me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.p>

Gideon son of Joash died at a very<n id="1" /> old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angelic messenger<n id="1" /> came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash&#8217;s son Gideon<n id="2" /> was threshing<n id="3" /> wheat in a winepress<n id="4" /> so he could hide it from the Midianites.<n id="5" />