29 And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house, 30 and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives; 31 and his concubine, who 'is' in Shechem, hath born to him—even she—a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech. 32 And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite. 33 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; 34 and the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about, 35 neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal—Gideon—according to all the good which he did with 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.