Judges 8:29

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and sat in his house.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

In Context

28And Midian was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head anymore; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

30And Gideon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.

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Cross References

Judges 6:32And he called it in that day Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down.

1 Samuel 12:11And he sent Jerubbaal, and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and ye dwelt in security.

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:23-29

Gideon Declines the Proffered Crown. ( b. c. 1249.) 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you. 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were… Read the whole commentary →

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