26. And the weight of the nizmei hazahav that he requested was 1,700 shekels of zahav; beside ornaments, and pendants, and purple raiment that was on the melachim of Midyan, and apart from the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27. And Gid'on made an ephod thereof, and put it in his Ir, even in Ophrah; and kol Yisroel went there a-whoring after it; which thing became a mokesh (snare) unto Gid'on, and to his Bais.
28. Thus was Midyan subdued before the Bnei Yisroel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And HaAretz was in quietness arba'im shanah in the days of Gid'on.
29. And Yerubaal ben Yoash went and dwelt in his own bais.
30. And Gid'on had threescore and ten banim of his own; for he had many nashim.
31. And his pilegesh (concubine) that was in Shechem, she also bore him a ben, whose shem he called Avimelech.