Gideon Era

During Gideon’s lifetime, the land enjoyed peace for forty years.  Gideon son of Joash went back home to live.  He had seventy sons of his own.  Gideon died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Oprah of the Abiezrites.  No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.  They set up Baal-Berith as their god and did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.  They also failed to shoe kindness to the family of Jerub-Baal for all the good things he had done for them.