29 Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house . 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants , for he had many wives . 31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son , and he named e him Abimelech . 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash , in Ophrah of the Abiezrites . 33 Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead , that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals , and made Baal-berith their god . 34 Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the Lord their God , who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side ; 35 nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon ) in accord with all the good that he had done to Israel .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 8:29-35
Commentary on Judges 8:29-35
(Read Judges 8:29-35)
As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family of Gideon. No wonder if those who forget their God, forget their friends. Yet conscious of our own ingratitude to the Lord, and observing that of mankind in general, we should learn to be patient under any unkind returns we meet with for our poor services, and resolve, after the Divine example, not to be overcome of evil, but to overcome evil with good.