Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
32. in a good old age ] Again in Gen 15:15 JE, Gen 25:8 P, 1Ch 29:28.
Jdg 8:33-35 originally followed Jdg 8:28, according to the usual scheme. These verses are made up of the customary phrases of the Dtc. editor, with the addition of particulars derived from ch. 9; cf. Jdg 2:14; Jdg 2:18 f., Jdg 3:7; Jdg 3:12, Jdg 4:1, Jdg 6:9 and Jdg 9:4; Jdg 9:16; Jdg 9:19. Most probably, then, these verses were intended to form not an introduction to ch. 9, but a substitute for it. Ch. 9 did not fit into Rd’s scheme, so he laid it aside, and wrote Jdg 8:33-35 to take its place. A later editor, however, thought fit to incorporate the discarded chapter, and by way of an introduction he wrote Jdg 8:30-32, which, as noticed above, contain several expressions found elsewhere in writings later than the Dtc. age. Budde was the first to propose this explanation, and it has been generally accepted; Richt. u. Sam. (1890), p. 119 ff.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 32. Gideon – died in a good old age] Supposed to have been A.M. 2799; B.C. 1205.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In a good old age; his long life being crowned with the continuance of his honour, tranquility, and happiness.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age,…. Having lived it seems forty years after his war with Midian, blessed with a large family, much wealth and riches, great credit and esteem among his people, and in favour with God and men:
and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites; a city which belonged to the family of the Abiezrites, who were of the tribe of Manasseh, in which Gideon lived, and his father before him; and where there was a family vault, in which he was interred. In the days of this judge it is supposed m was the famous expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis, to fetch from thence the golden fleece.
m Gerard. Voss Chronolog. Sacr. Dissert. 1. p. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(32) And Gideon . . . died.Gideon died in peace and prosperity (Gen. 15:15; Gen. 49:29, &c), in a good old age (Job. 5:26), but the evil seed which he had sown bore bitter fruit in the next generation.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ 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.’
The reference to his ‘good old age’ demonstrates to the writer that his life had pleased God. He was gathered to his fathers in the family sepulchre. From now on ‘died and was buried’ becomes the final accolade to a good judge (deliberately omitted in the case of Abimelech).
To be fair to Gideon his new lifestyle was probably approved of by his contemporaries who overlooked the warnings of God. They probably felt that he was living in the style to which his position entitled him. So easily do we think we know better than God. But it would not be long after his death before the wisdom of God’s laws would become apparent.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
A good old age, in scripture language, is, I apprehend, a life of grace. To this same purport is that very precious word. Isa 65:20 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 8:32 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.
Ver. 32. In a good old age. ] Heb., With a good hoar head, notwithstanding his last evil act which God overlooked, though it were some spot to his white head.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
died in: Gen 15:15, Gen 25:8, Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30, Job 5:26, Job 42:17
Ophrah: Jdg 8:27, Jdg 6:24
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in {p} Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
(p) A city belonging to the family of the Ezrites.