Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
"This making of an ephod marks the tragic end of a truly great man."[29]  With regard to the widespread opinion that some kind of an image was involved in this event, Yates wrote that: "It is possible that Gideon constructed an idol (an image), wearing his ephod which closely resembled the true ephod at Shiloh."[30]