8 ²⁹ Jerubba'al the son of Jo'ash went and dwelt in his own house. 8 ³⁰ Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. 8 ³¹ And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech. 8 ³² And Gideon the son of Jo'ash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Jo'ash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiez'rites.

8 ³³ As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and played the harlot after the Ba'als, and made Ba'al-be'rith their god. 8 ³⁴ And the people of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side; 8 ³⁵ and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.