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Gideon’s Story Ends

28 The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken.[a] The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:28 tn Heb “Midian was humbled before the Israelites, and they no longer lifted their heads.”
  2. Judges 8:28 tn Heb “in the days of Gideon.”

Gideon’s Death

28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head(A) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace(B) forty years.

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