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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash,.... That is, Gideon, Jerubbaal being another name of his; see Jdg 6:32 went and dwelt in his own house; which was at Ophrah, as appears from Jdg 9:5 the war being…
We have here the conclusion of the story of Gideon. 1. He lived privately, Jdg 8:29. He was not puffed up with his great honours, did not covet a palace or castle to dwell in, but retired to the house…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Originally this verse closed the narrative in Jdg 8:1-3, or that in Jdg 8:4-21; Jdg 8:30-32 form an introduction to the story of Abimelech in ch. 9; some such earlier mention of Abimelech is…
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