29. Jerub-Baal, the son of Joash, went back home to live. Jerub-Baal was another name for Gideon.
30. He had 70 sons of his own. That's because he had a lot of wives.
31. And he had a concubine who lived in Shechem. She also had a son by him. Gideon named that son Abimelech.
32. Gideon, the son of Joash, died when he was very old. His body was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah. Ophrah was in the territory that belonged to the family line of Abiezer.
33. As soon as Gideon had died, the people of Israel joined themselves to the gods that were named after Baal. Israel wasn't faithful to the Lord. They worshiped Baal-Berith as their god.
34. They forgot what the Lord their God had done for them. He had saved them from the power of their enemies who were all around them.