The retired state of Gideon, after the Lord had blessed Israel through his instrumentality, may serve to teach the believer the humbleness of mind becoming the Lord's servants. It is sweet, when we are enabled through grace to minister to God's glory in public; and equally so, when we are enabled to enjoy the Lord ourselves in private. Matthew 14:23. That is a very precious precept, and brings its reward with it. Psalms 4:4.
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Judges 8:29
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.