Verse 33

Judges 8:33

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33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֗י כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ֣ת גִּדְע֔וֹן וַ/יָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יִּזְנ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ/בְּעָלִ֑ים וַ/יָּשִׂ֧ימוּ לָ/הֶ֛ם בַּ֥עַל בְּרִ֖ית לֵ/אלֹהִֽים

English Translation

And it was that when Gideon died, the children of Israel returned and they prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they made for themselves a Baal of a covenant to the gods.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war agains... Focus ↗

2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up afte... Focus ↗

3 God (Elohim) has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to... Focus ↗

4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in n... Focus ↗

5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with wearine... Focus ↗

6 But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we ar... Focus ↗

7 Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will... Focus ↗

8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him... Focus ↗

9 So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down. Focus ↗

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those... Focus ↗

11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah,... Focus ↗

12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zeb... Focus ↗

13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight: Focus ↗

14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his question... Focus ↗

15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made... Focus ↗

16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems... Focus ↗

17 And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death. Focus ↗

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave... Focus ↗

19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them... Focus ↗

20 Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his swor... Focus ↗

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gid... Focus ↗

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him;... Focus ↗

23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it... Focus ↗

24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he ha... Focus ↗

25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it... Focus ↗

26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of g... Focus ↗

27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it th... Focus ↗

28 So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength.... Focus ↗

29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there. Focus ↗

30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives. Focus ↗

31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech. Focus ↗

32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the rest... Focus ↗

33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were f...

34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God (Elohim), who had been the... Focus ↗

35 And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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