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Summary
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Ophrah
Bible References
Died in
Genesis 15:15
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 25:8
He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.
Joshua 24:29
After these things, the Lord’s servant, Joshua son of Nun, died at the age of 110.
Job 5:26 You will approach the grave in full vigor,
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
Job 42:17
Then Job died, old and full of days.
Ophrah
Judges 8:27
Gideon made an ephod from all this and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. Then all Israel prostituted themselves with it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it Yahweh Shalom. It is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites until today.