International Children’s Bible

Judges 8:29-35 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

29. Gideon son of Joash went to his home to live.

30. He had 70 sons of his own. He had many sons because he had many wives.

31. Gideon had a slave woman who lived in Shechem. He also had a son by her. He named that son Abimelech.

32. So Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age. He was buried in the tomb of Joash, his father. That tomb is in Ophrah, where the Abiezrites live.

33. As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel were again unfaithful to God. They followed the Baal gods. They made Baal-of-the-Agreement their god.

34. The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God. He had saved them from all their enemies who were living all around them.

35. And Jerub-Baal, also called Gideon, had done many good things for Israel. But Israel was not kind to the family of Gideon for these things.