Judges 8:32

32 Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, at Ophrah, the town of the clan of Abiezer.

Judges 8:32 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:32

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age
Having lived it seems forty years after his war with Midian, blessed with a large family, much wealth and riches, great credit and esteem among his people, and in favour with God and men:

and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the
Abiezrites;
a city which belonged to the family of the Abiezrites, who were of the tribe of Manasseh, in which Gideon lived, and his father before him; and where there was a family vault, in which he was interred. In the days of this judge it is supposed ^F13 was the famous expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis, to fetch from thence the golden fleece.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Gerard. Voss Chronolog. Sacr. Dissert. 1. p. 4.

Judges 8:32 In-Context

30 He had seventy sons, because he had many wives.

31 He also had a concubine in Shechem; she bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32 Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, at Ophrah, the town of the clan of Abiezer.

33 After Gideon's death the people of Israel were unfaithful to God again and worshiped the Baals. They made Baal-of-the-Covenant their god,

34 and no longer served the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies around them.