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Judges 8:30-35 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30. Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

31. His concubine who was in Shechem also bore for him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32. And Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of Jehoash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33. And it happened, as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites returned and prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they made for themselves Baal-Berith as god.

34. The Israelites did not remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them from the hand of their enemies from all around,

35. nor did they show favor to the house of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in accordance with all the good that he did for Israel.

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