Verse 29
Judges 8:29
Free Bible Version
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His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also had a son. He named him Abimelech.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֛לֶךְ יְרֻבַּ֥עַל בֶּן יוֹאָ֖שׁ וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּ/בֵיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went and dwelt in his house.
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Chapter 8 Context
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Then the men of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us whe...
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“Now what have I achieved in comparison to you?” Gideon replied. “Even Ephraim's left-over grapes ar...
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God (Elohim) handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders. What have I managed to...
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Then Gideon crossed the Jordan with his three hundred men. Even though they were exhausted they cont...
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When they got to Succoth, Gideon asked the people there, “Please provide some bread to the men with...
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But the Succoth town leaders replied, “Why should we give your army bread when you haven't even capt...
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“In that case, once the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I'll return and thrash you wi...
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8
He left and went to Penuel and asked them the same thing, but the people of Penuel answered the same...
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9
So he told them, “When I return victorious, I'll demolish this tower!”
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10
Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies of around fifteen thousand men. These were all w...
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11
Gideon took the caravan route to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, catchin...
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12
Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, but he chased after the two Midianite kings and captured them, defeatin...
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13
Then Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle through the Heres Pass.
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14
There he captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him. The man wrote down for him the names...
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15
Gideon went and said to the Sukkoth town leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, the ones you taunted...
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Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They look...
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17
“Those were my brothers, my mother's sons,” Gideon burst out. “As the Lord lives, if you had let the...
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18
He told Jether, his oldest son, “Go on, kill them!” But the boy refused to draw his sword, because h...
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19
Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, you do it! Show yourself a man and kill us!” So Gideon...
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20
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “You must become our ruler, you, your son, and your grandson; be...
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21
“I won't be your ruler, and my son won't either,” Gideon replied. “The Lord will be your ruler.”
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22
Then Gideon said, “I have a request to ask of you: that each of you give me an earring from your plu...
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“We'll happily give them to you,” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each of them threw on i...
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The weight of the earrings he'd asked for was 1,700 shekels, not including the ornaments, the pendan...
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25
From the gold Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel prostitute...
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26
This is how the Midianites were subjugated before the Israelites and did not gain power again. So th...
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27
Jerub-baal, son of Joash, went home to live in his own house.
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28
Gideon had seventy sons, all his own, because he had many wives.
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29
His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also had a son. He named him Abimelech.
30
Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophr...
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31
But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites went back to prostituting themselves, worshiping before t...
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32
They forgot about the Lord their God (Elohim), who had saved them from all their enemies that surrou...
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They did not show any respect to the family of Jerub-baal (Gideon) for all the good he had done for...
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