“In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,”
Judges 8:28 (BSB)
Context Reading
26The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels. 27From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household. 28In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon, 29and he — Jerubbaal son of Joash — returned home and settled down. 30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.