Judges 8:33

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 Baalberith their god.

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon {H1439} was dead {H4191}, that the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} turned again {H7725}, and went a whoring {H2181} after {H310} Baalim {H1168}, and made {H7760} Baalberith {H1170} their god {H430}.

But as soon as Gid'on was dead, the people of Isra'el again went astray after the ba'alim and made Ba'al-B'rit their god.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 9:46 (5 votes)

    And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

  • Judges 9:4 (5 votes)

    And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

  • Judges 2:19 (5 votes)

    And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

  • Judges 2:17 (4 votes)

    And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

  • Judges 8:27 (4 votes)

    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:17 (2 votes)

    Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:18 (2 votes)

    And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.