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Judges 8:28 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Judges 8:28 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 8 verse 28 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Gideon's Death
“Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.”
Judges 8:28 (KJV)
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So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for FORTY years in the days of Gideon. (JDG 8:28)
So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for FORTY years in the days of Gideon. (JDG 8:28)
Commentary on Judges 8:28
Thus was Midian subdued (וַיִּכָּנַע מִדְיָן, vayikana midyan)—the verb 'to subdue' (כָּנַע) means to humble or bring low. They lifted up their heads no more—a vivid idiom expressing complete defeat and inability to recover threatening posture. Despite Gideon's spiritual failure with the ephod, God's deliverance of Israel stood accomplished.The country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon—this period of rest (שָׁקַט, shaqat, 'to be quiet, undisturbed') represents God's faithfulness to His covenant promises despite human imperfection. The forty years echoes the wilderness wanderin...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Judges 8:28
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“Yahweh”
“And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.”
“and the staff of his shoulder”
“as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea”
“as to Sisera”
“So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.”