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Judges 8:33 KJV
Judges · chapter 8 · verse 33
And 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.Judges 8:33 · King James Version
Judges 8:33 in context
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:
35Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BaalberithBaʻal BᵉrîythBaal-Berith, a special deity of the ShechemitesH1170 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- whoringzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- GideonGidʻôwnGidon, an IsraeliteH1439 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- BaalimBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deityH1168 →
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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