Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
"The narrator does not reveal the nature of the image, but it seems most likely that he [Gideon] has reconstructed the shrine to Baal he earlier had torn down at Yahweh’s command (Judges 6:25-32). . . . Instead of himself, an image of God, clothed with the Spirit of Yahweh (Judges 6:34), Gideon created his own image and clothed it with pagan materials." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 300.] 