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They set up Baal-Berith as their god<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So it was, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-Berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again committed infidelity with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then it happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned back and played the harlot with the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the Israelites again played the prostitute with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Gideon died, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Gideon died, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals and made Baal-berith their god. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Soon after Gideon's death, the Israelites turned their backs on God again. They set up idols of Baal and worshiped Baal Berith as their god. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel chased after other gods-the Baals-as though they were prostitutes. They made Baal Berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After Gideon's death the people of Israel were unfaithful to God again and worshiped the Baals. They made Baal-of-the-Covenant their god, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later on, as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelis again committed spiritual adultery with various Canaanite deities and appointed Baal-berith to be their god. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went astray after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go whoring after the Ba‘alim, and set Ba‘al-Berith over them for a god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, when Gideon is dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it will be when Gideon died the sons of Israel will turn back, and will commit fornication after the Baalims, and they will set to them Baal of the covenant for their god.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But after Gideon died, the sons of Israel turned away, and they committed fornication with the Baals. And they struck a covenant with Baal, so that he would be their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But after Gideon was dead, the Israelites again prostituted themselves by following the Baals, making Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites relapsed and prostituted themselves with the Baals, making Baal-berith their god.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and went astray after Baal, and made Baal-kiama their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when Gedun died, the children of Israel returned and they went astray after Baala and made for themselves Baal, the covenant god<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/8-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=2590" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/8.htm">Gideon's Death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32</span>Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as soon as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1439.htm" title="1439: giḏ·‘ō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- A judge of Isr. From gada'; feller; Gidon, an Israelite.">Gideon</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: mêṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">was dead,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šū·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: way·yiz·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">and prostituted themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: hab·bə·‘ā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">the Baals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śî·mū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and they set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1170.htm" title="1170: ba·‘al (Prep) -- From Ba'al and briyth; Baal of covenant; Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1170.htm" title="1170: bə·rîṯ (N-proper-ms) -- From Ba'al and briyth; Baal of covenant; Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites.">Baal-berith</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">as their god.</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">Exodus 32:1-6</a></span><br />Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” / So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” / Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16-18</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. / On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ / And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7-9</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. / Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. / Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a></span><br />After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-23</a></span><br />At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. / They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a></span><br />I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11-13</a></span><br />Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. / Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. / “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30</a></span><br />have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-9</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39-41</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.</p><p class="hdg">as soon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Judges 2:7-10,17,19</a></b></br> And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31</a></b></br> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">2 Kings 12:2</a></b></br> And Jehoash did <i>that which was</i> right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.</p><p class="hdg">went</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Judges 8:27</a></b></br> And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, <i>even</i> in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></b></br> And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; <i>but</i> they did not so.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15,16</a></b></br> Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and <i>one</i> call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; … </p><p class="hdg">Baal-berith.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Judges 9:4,46</a></b></br> And they gave him threescore and ten <i>pieces</i> of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/judges/6-32.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Baalberith</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Baal-Berith</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Ba'al-Be'rith</a> <a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/judges/9-46.htm">Berith</a> <a href="/judges/5-19.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/5-27.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/judges/8-32.htm">Died</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Played</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Prostituted</a> <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/james/1-11.htm">Sooner</a> <a href="/judges/4-18.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/judges/7-13.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/11-3.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Baalberith</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Baal-Berith</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Ba'al-Be'rith</a> <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Berith</a> <a href="/judges/21-12.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/judges/8-34.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/9-55.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/judges/9-49.htm">Died</a> <a href="/judges/11-1.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/judges/8-34.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/9-55.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/16-10.htm">Played</a> <a href="/judges/11-1.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">Prostituted</a> <a href="/judges/9-33.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Sooner</a> <a href="/judges/9-29.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/judges/11-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-1.htm">Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Zebah and Zalmunna are taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-13.htm">Succoth and Penuel are destroyed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-17.htm">Gideon revenges his brothers's death on Zebah and Zalmunna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-22.htm">He refuses government</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-24.htm">His ephod the cause of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Midian subdued</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-29.htm">Gideon's children, and death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/8-33.htm">The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Gideon, also known as Jerubbaal, was a judge who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Midianites. His leadership brought a period of peace and stability. The phrase highlights the immediate shift in Israel's behavior following his death, indicating the lack of enduring spiritual commitment among the people. This pattern of falling away after the death of a leader is seen throughout the book of Judges, emphasizing the cyclical nature of Israel's faithfulness and apostasy.<p><b>the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals</b><br>The term "prostituted" is used metaphorically to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God. In the ancient Near Eastern context, idolatry was often associated with spiritual adultery, as the covenant relationship between God and Israel was likened to a marriage. The Baals were Canaanite deities associated with fertility and agriculture, and worshiping them involved practices that were abhorrent to the God of Israel. This turning away from God to serve other gods was a direct violation of the first commandment and a recurring issue for Israel, as seen in other passages like <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a> and <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12</a>.<p><b>and they set up Baal-berith as their god</b><br>Baal-berith, meaning "Lord of the Covenant," was a local deity worshiped in Shechem, a significant city in the tribal territory of Ephraim. The choice of Baal-berith reflects a syncretism where the Israelites attempted to merge their covenantal traditions with Canaanite practices. This act of setting up Baal-berith as their god signifies a formal and public rejection of Yahweh's covenant. Theologically, this represents a profound betrayal, as Israel was called to be a distinct and holy nation. The setting up of Baal-berith can be seen as a type of antichrist, opposing the true covenant relationship that points to Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of God's covenant with humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/gideon.htm">Gideon</a></b><br>A judge of Israel who led the Israelites to victory over the Midianites. His leadership brought peace to the land during his lifetime.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who repeatedly fell into cycles of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance throughout the Book of Judges.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal-berith.htm">Baal-berith</a></b><br>A Canaanite deity worshiped by the Israelites after Gideon's death. The name means "Lord of the Covenant," indicating a false covenant with a pagan god.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a></b><br>A city in the hill country of Ephraim, significant in Israel's history and a center of Baal worship during this period.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/apostasy.htm">Apostasy</a></b><br>The event of turning away from the worship of Yahweh to serve other gods, which is a recurring theme in the Book of Judges.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites quickly forgot the deliverance and leadership of Gideon, leading them back into idolatry. We must remember God's past faithfulness to avoid spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cycle_of_sin.htm">The Cycle of Sin</a></b><br>The pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance is evident in Judges. Recognizing this cycle in our lives can help us seek God's intervention before we fall deeper into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Gideon's death left a leadership vacuum that led to Israel's apostasy. Godly leaders are crucial in guiding communities to remain faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Turning to false gods leads to spiritual and often physical consequences. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites' worship of Baal-berith was a breach of their covenant with God. We are called to remain faithful to our covenant relationship with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_gideon_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Gideon, also known as Jerubbaal, in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_opposition_to_abimelech's_act.htm">How could Abimelech have murdered seventy of Gideon’s sons without immediate opposition (Judges 9:5)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_gideon_order_his_son_to_kill.htm">Judges 8:20: Why would Gideon command his young son to kill captives, and is there any historical precedent for such practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_send_an_evil_spirit_in_judges_9_23.htm">Why would God send an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem (Judges 9:23)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) Turned again.--<span class= "ital">Ad vomitum recdierunt </span>(Serarius) (<a href="/psalms/106-13.htm" title="They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:">Psalm 106:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/106-21.htm" title="They forgot God their savior, which had done great things in Egypt;">Psalm 106:21</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Went a whoring after Baalim.</span>--It was shown again afterwards, in the reign of Ahab, how rapidly unauthorised symbols degenerate into positive idolatry. After all that had occurred it would have been impossible for a Jerubbaal to be a Baal-worshipper, but his little deflection from the appointed ritual soon became a wide divergence from the national faith.<p><span class= "bld">Made Baal-berith their god.</span>--Baal-berith means "Lord of the covenant." The Hebrew will bear the meaning given it by some of the versions: "They made a covenant with Baal that he should be their god" (comp. <a href="/joshua/24-25.htm" title="So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.">Joshua 24:25</a>, Heb.), but the E.V. is probably correct. Bochart vainly tries to represent Baal-berith as some female deity of Berytus.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And it came to pass</span>, etc. Cf. <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11, 12, 19</a>; <a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Judges 3:7</a>; <a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Judges 4:1</a>; <a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Judges 5:1</a>; <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a>; <a href="/judges/13-1.htm">Judges 13:1</a>. Baal-berith. See <a href="/judges/2-13.htm">Judges 2:13</a>, note. He was like the <span class="greek">Ζευς Ορκιος</span> of the Greeks, the god of covenants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/8-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as soon as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Gideon</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּדְע֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(giḏ·‘ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1439.htm">Strong's 1439: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gideon -- a judge of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was dead,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(mêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·šū·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and prostituted themselves</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Baals,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּעָלִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·‘ā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Baal-berith</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִ֖ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1170.htm">Strong's 1170: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal of (the) covenant', a Shechemite god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as their god.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאלֹהִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/8-33.htm">OT History: Judges 8:33 It happened as soon as Gideon was (Jd Judg. 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