So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
"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.] 