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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Judges 8:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 25:8 Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 15:15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Judges 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Job 5:26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
- Job 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
- Joshua 24:29-30 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
- Judges 8:27 Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which city belonged to the family of the Abiezrites.
Which city belonged to the family of the Abiezrites.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died…
Jdg 8:32 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.
Ver. 32. In a good old age.] Heb., With a good hoar head, notwithstanding his last evil act which God overlooked, though it were some spot to his white head.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In a good old age; his long life being…
In a good old age; his long life being crowned with the continuance of his honour, tranquility, and happiness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon…
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again,.... from God, and the pure worship of him, to idolatry:
and went a whoring after Baalim; the gods of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, the several Baals of other nations, the lords many which they served; these they committed spiritual whoredom with; that is, idolatry: particularly
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and made Baalberith their god; which was the idol of the Shechemites, as appears from a temple being built at Shechem for it, Jdg 9:4 and had its name either from Berytus, a city of Phoenicia, of which Mela (n) and Pliny (o) make mention, and where this Baal might be first worshipped; it was fifty miles from Sidon, and was in later times a seat of learning (p); of this city was Sanchoniatho, a Phoenician historian, who is said to receive many things he writes about the Jews from Jerombalus, supposed to be Jerubbaal, or Gideon; See Gill on Jdg 6:32 and who tells (q) us, that Cronus or Ham gave this city to Neptune and the Cabiri, and who also relates (r) that Beruth is the name of a Phoenician deity. Though it may be rather this idol had its name from its supposed concern in covenants, the word "Berith" signifying a covenant; and so the Targum and Syriac version call him the lord of covenant; and the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions are,"and they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god;''as if he had his name from hence; though rather from his presiding over covenants, as Janus is said (s) to do, and from his avenging the breach of them, and rewarding those that kept them; the same with Jupiter Fidius Ultor, and Sponsor (t) with the Romans, and Horcius (u) with the Greeks.
(n) De Situ Orbis, l. 1. c. 12. (o) Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 20. (p) Eunapius in Vita Proaeresii, p. 117. (q) Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 1. p. 38. (r) Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 1. p. 36. (s) Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. l. 12. "Latonaeque genus", &c. Vid. Liv. Hist. l. 8. c. 5, 6. (t) Vid. Kipping. Antiqu. Roman. l. 1. c. 1. p. 48. (u) Pausan. Eliac. 1. sive. l. 5. p. 336. Sophocles in Philoctete, prope finem.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A good old age - His long life being…
A good old age - His long life being crowned with the continuance of honour, tranquility, and happiness.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. Gideon - died in a good old…
Verse 32. Gideon - died in a good old age] Supposed to have been A.M. 2799; B.C. 1205.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Good. He left an excellent reputation, and died in…
Good. He left an excellent reputation, and died in God’s friendship. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. in a good old age] Again in Gen_15:15…
32. in a good old age] Again in Gen_15:15 JE, Gen_25:8 P, 1Ch_29:28.
Jdg_8:33-35 originally followed Jdg_8:28, according to the usual scheme. These verses are made up of the customary phrases of the Dtc. editor, with the addition of particulars derived from ch. 9; cf. Jdg_2:14; Jdg_2:18 f., Jdg_3:7; Jdg_3:12, Jdg_4:1, Jdg_6:9 and Jdg_9:4; Jdg_9:16; Jdg_9:19. Most probably, then, these verses were intended to form not an introduction to ch. 9, but a substitute for it. Ch. 9 did not fit into Rd’s scheme, so he laid it aside, and wrote Jdg_8:33-35 to take its place. A later editor, however, thought fit to incorporate the discarded chapter, and by way of an introduction he wrote Jdg_8:30-32, which, as noticed above, contain several expressions found elsewhere in writings later than the Dtc. age. Budde was the first to propose this explanation, and it has been generally accepted; Richt. u. Sam. (1890), p. 119 ff.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) And Gideon . . . died.—Gideon died in…
(32) And Gideon . . . died.—Gideon died in peace and prosperity (Gen_15:15; Gen_49:29, &c), in a good old age (Job_5:26), but the evil seed which he had sown bore bitter fruit in the next generation.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 a good old age
a good old age
This is an idiom. AT: "when he was very old" (See: Idiom)
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was buried
This can be stated in active form. AT: "they buried him" (See: Active or Passive)
Ophrah
Translate the name of this city as you did in Judges 6:11.
the clan of Abiezer
Translate the name of this people group as you did in Judges 6:11.
It came about
This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
turned again
The people rejecting Yahweh is spoken of as if they physically turned away from him. AT: "they stopped worshiping Yahwheh" (See: Metaphor)
prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals
This speaks of worshiping false gods as if it were prostitution. AT: "they sinned against Yahweh by worshiping the Baals" (See: Metaphor)
Baal-Berith
This is the name of a false god. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
Gideon
Joash
die
grave
Israel
turn
prostitute
worship
Baal
false god
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