Judges 8:32
30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
31 His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
34 The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
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- BSB
- Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- KJV
- 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 Abi-ezrites.
- WEB
- Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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 Abi-ezrites.
- BLB
- And Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
- ÅB
- Og Gideon, Joas' sønn, døde i høy alder og ble begravet i sin far Joas' grav i Ofra, som tilhørte Abiesers slekt.
- OTB
- Gideon, sønn av Joasj, døde i en god alderdom og ble lagt til hvile i graven til sin far Joasj i Ofra av Abiesrittene.
- B1930
- Og Gideon, Joas' sønn, døde i høi alder og blev begravet i sin far Joas' grav i Ofra, som tilhørte Abiesers ætt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Read in contextJob 42:17
And so Job died, old and full of years.
Read in contextJudges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Read in contextJob 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Read in contextGenesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Read in contextJudges 8:27
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Read in contextJoshua 24:29–30
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
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