Judges 8:28 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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What Does Judges 8:28 Mean?
The account of the war closes on a note of rest. Midian is so thoroughly subdued that it never again lifts up its head against Israel, and the land enjoys forty years of quietness through the days of Gideon.
The peace is a gift of God's deliverance, a season of breathing room after years of oppression. Forty years is the span of a generation, time enough for a people to remember or to forget. The verse marks both the completeness of the rescue and the fragility of the calm, for the chapter's ending will show how quickly a delivered people can let go of the God who gave them rest.
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What does Judges 8:28 mean?
Midian is humbled for good, and the land enjoys forty years of peace under Gideon.