TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Judges›Judges 8›Judges 8:32
Judges 8:32 KJV
Judges · chapter 8 · verse 32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Judges 8:32 · King James Version
Judges 8:32 in context
30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sepulchreqebera sepulchreH6913 →
- GideonGidʻôwnGidon, an IsraeliteH1439 →
- buriedqâbarto interH6912 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- OphrahʻOphrâhOphrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in PalestineH6084 →
- JoashYôwʼâshJoash, the name of six IsraelitesH3101 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
We have here the conclusion of the story of Gideon. 1. He lived privately, Jdg 8:29. He was not puffed up with his great honours, did not covet a palace or castle to dwell in, but retired to the house he had lived in before his elevation.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-35