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Judges 8:28

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¶ 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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  1. Judges 5:31Rank 1 from verse 28
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    31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

  2. Judges 3:11Rank 2 from verse 28
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    11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

  3. Isaiah 10:26Rank 3 from verse 28
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    26And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

  4. Isaiah 9:4Rank 4 from verse 28
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    4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

  5. Judges 3:30Rank 5 from verse 28
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    30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

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Judges 8:28

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subdued

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of subdue, meaning to conquer, overcome, bring under control, or make subject.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

28¶ 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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29¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

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