27. Gideon made an ephod out of the gold and placed it in his city, Ophrah. All Israel prostituted themselves there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
28. Midian was brought into subjection by the Israelites; they no longer held their heads high, and the land had rest for forty years, during the lifetime of Gideon.
29. Then Jerubbaal, son of Joash, went to live in his house.
30. Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
31. His concubine who lived in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
32. At a good old age Gideon, son of Joash, died and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33. But after Gideon was dead, the Israelites again prostituted themselves by following the Baals, making Baal-berith their god.