28In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
29and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
Focused Passage
Judges 8:28-29
Gideon's Troubled Aftermath: Pursuit, Kingship Refusal, and the Ephod Snare
The LORD-given victory over Midian is followed by tribal resentment, local refusal, Gideon's punitive retaliation, a rejected but tempting offer of dynastic rule, an ephod that becomes idolatrous, temporary rest, and Israel's rapid return to Baal after Gideon's death.
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Verse 28
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In this way Midianמִדְיָ֗ןH4080Noun - proper - masculine singularwas subduedוַיִּכָּנַ֣עH3665Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularbeforeלִפְנֵי֙H6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructthe Israelitesבְּנֵ֣יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularand did notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleraiseלָשֵׂ֣אתH5375Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructits headרֹאשָׁ֑םH7218Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralagainיָסְפ֖וּH3254Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralSo the landהָאָ֛רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularhad restוַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טH8252Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularfor fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָ֖הH8141Noun - feminine singularin the daysבִּימֵ֥יH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof Gideonגִדְעֽוֹן׃פH1439Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 29
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and he — Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּ֥עַלH3378Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Joashיוֹאָ֖שׁH3101Noun - proper - masculine singularreturnedוַיֵּ֛לֶךְH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhomeבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃H1004Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand settled downוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבH3427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
BSB notes
- Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; also in verse 35; see Judges 6:32.