Judges 8:33 meaning and explanation
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.
Judges 8:33, Berean Standard Bible
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The verse closes the Gideon story with a sad reversal. The narrator reports that no sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites turned to the Baals, the Canaanite gods of fertility and storm, and made Baal-berith, meaning "lord of the covenant," their god.
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