Judges 8:33 “And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted…”

Judges 8:33

And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

World English Bible

As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

Geneva Bible 1599

But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as their god.

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

Bible in Basic English

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

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Cross references

“as soon”

Judges 2:19 Judges 2:17 Joshua 24:31 2 Kings 12:2 Judges 2:7–10 2 Chronicles 24:17

Judges 2:19 · BSB

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

Judges 2:17 · BSB

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s c…

Joshua 24:31 · BSB

Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

2 Kings 12:2 · BSB

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

Judges 2:7–10 · BSB

And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

2 Chronicles 24:17 · BSB

After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

“went”

Judges 8:27 Jeremiah 3:9 Exodus 34:15 Exodus 34:16

Judges 8:27 · BSB

From 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.

Jeremiah 3:9 · BSB

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Exodus 34:15 · BSB

Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

Exodus 34:16 · BSB

And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

“Baal-berith”

Judges 9:4 Judges 9:46

Judges 9:4 · BSB

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

Judges 9:46 · BSB

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

Also

Judges 9:27

Judges 9:27 · BSB

And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

34The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

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