Judges 8:29

Gideon’s death

29 Jerubbaal, Joash's son, went home to live with his own household.

Judges 8:29 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:29

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash
That is, Gideon, Jerubbaal being another name of his; see ( Judges 6:32 ) ( 7:1 ) went and dwelt in his own house; which was at Ophrah, as appears from ( Judges 9:5 ) the war being ended, he disbanded his army, and retired to his own house; not that he lived altogether a private life there, but as a judge in Israel.

Judges 8:29 In-Context

27 Gideon fashioned a priestly vest out of it, and put it in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel became unfaithful there because of it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his household.

28 So Midian was brought down before the Israelites and no longer raised its head. The land was peaceful for forty years during Gideon's time.

29 Jerubbaal, Joash's son, went home to live with his own household.

30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own because he had many wives.

31 His secondary wife who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.