And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
Ver. 33. As soon as Gideon was dead.] So great a mischief, many times, is the death of a good governor.
And made Baalberith their god.] To whom they become professed covenanters, as the name importeth. The Greeks called him Jupiter ορκιος, to whom they had sworn themselves.