8:33a And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals,

As soon as Gideon died the Israel people were again unfaithful to God and began to worship the ⌊idols called⌋ Baals.
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Right after Gideon died the people of Israel worshiped the Baal ⌊idols⌋ again. ⌊Like men who are unfaithful to their wives⌋ they were unfaithful to Yahweh.

8:33b and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

They set up ⌊a statue of⌋ Baal-Berith as their god.
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They worshiped Baal-Berith as their god

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