Focused Passage
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.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
31His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
32Later, 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.
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