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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
As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace. You shall be buried at a good old age.
Genesis 25:8
Then he took his last breath and died at a very old age. After a long and full life, he joined his ancestors in death.
Joshua 24:29
After that, Jehovah's servant Joshua son of Nun died at the age of a hundred and ten.
Job 5:26
You will come to your grave at a very old age like a stack of hay in its season.
Job 42:17
He died a very old man.
Ophrah
Judges 8:27
Gideon made an idol from the gold and placed it in his hometown, Ophrah. The Israelites abandoned God and went there to worship the idol. It was a trap for Gideon and his family.
Judges 6:24
Gideon built an altar to Jehovah there and named it: Jehovah is Peace. (Jehovah-shalom) It is still standing at Ophrah and belongs to the clan of Abiezer.