Judges 8:35
in Judges 8They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
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ASV
neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.
KJV
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
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This verse in Judges 8
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
died at a ripe old age
on Judges 8:32-35
Gideon dies "at a ripe old age", the phrase Genesis 15:15 and 25:8 use of Abraham, and lies in his father's tomb at Ophrah. The turn comes "as soon as Gideon was dead", the descent of 2:19, and Israel takes up Baal-berith, lord of the covenant.
This site's exposition
did not show kindness
Adam Clarke links the failures of verses 34 and 35: once Israel became foes to God, it could not stay friends to man. Matthew Henry notes kindness owed to a benefactor is paid to his family after he is in the grave. Chapter 9 shows the debt repaid with murder.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
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Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon,.... But, on the contrary, great unkindness and cruelty, slaying his seventy sons, as related in the following chapter: according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel; in exposing his life to danger for their sake, in delivering them out of the hands of their oppressors, in administering justice to them, in protecting them in their civil and religious liberties, and leaving them in the quiet and peaceable possession of them.
A great deal of goodness he had shown unto Israel, as a father to his country, for which they ought to have been kind to his family when he was gone, for that is one way by which we ought to show ourselves grateful to our friends and benefactors, and may be returning their kindnesses when they are in their graves.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Neither showed they kindness to the house of - Gideon - They were both unthankful and unholy. Though they had the clearest proofs of God’s power and goodness before their eyes, yet they forgot him. And although they were under the greatest obligations to Gideon, and were once so sensible of them that they offered to settle the kingdom on him and his family, yet they forgot him also; for, becoming foes to God, they could not be friends to Man.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עָשׂ֣וּ | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חֶ֔סֶד | chesed | loyalty | H2617 → | |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְרֻבַּ֖עַל | yerubaal | Jerub-Baal | H3378 → | 14 times |
| גִּדְע֑וֹן | gidon | Gideon | H1439 → | 39 times |
| כְּכָל־ | kekhol- | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | hatovah | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
עָשׂ֣וּthey did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
חֶ֔סֶדloyalty
chesedH2617 →
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְרֻבַּ֖עַלJerub-Baal
yerubaalH3378 →14 times
גִּדְע֑וֹןGideon
gidonH1439 →39 times
כְּכָל־according to all
kekhol-H3605 →5413 times
הַטּוֹבָ֔הthe good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 11:1–2
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
- Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- 2 Kings 10:17
When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
- Matthew 2:20
“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
- 2 Kings 11:1–2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.