28 The Midianites were forced to be under the rule of the Israelites. The Midianites did not cause trouble anymore. And the land was at peace for 40 years, as long as Gideon was alive.
29 Gideon son of Joash went home.
30 Gideon had 70 sons of his own. He had so many sons because he had many wives.
31 He had a slave woman who lived in the city of Shechem. He had a son by her. He named that son Abimelech.
32 So Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age. He was buried in the tomb that Joash, his father, owned. That tomb is in the city of Ophrah, where the family of Abiezer lives.
33 As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites again were not faithful to God—they followed Baal. They made Baal Berith their god.
34 The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies living around them.