Judges 8:35

Modern

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

Traditional

Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

Literal

…nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good that he had done for Israel.

Latin

…nec fecerunt misericordiam cum domo Jerobaal Gedeon, juxta omnia bona quæ fecerat Israëli.

Hebrew

English

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

Gideon's ephod (Judges 8:27) quickly became part of a pagan shrine honoring images of the Canaanite god Baal, here called Baal-berith ("Baal of the covenant"). This sinful act involved forgetting the Lord and his works and being disloyal to godly leadership. Remembering is essential to biblical, covenantal worship, from the time of the exodus (Exodus 12:14, 24) to the ongoing Christian celebration of the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:25).
kindness: See study note on Judges 1:24.

Theme notes and profiles

Ecclesiastes 9:14–15
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
Judges 9:5
He 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.
Judges 9:16–19
Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes