1. Judges 8:35 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the narrator doing with this final remark concerning Gideon?

Judges 8:35 (ESV)

35 and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

The narrator tries to salvage something of Gideon. After all, Gideon was called by God, and he was Israel’s deliverer. Israel should have shown steadfast love, or kindness, to his household out of gratitude for what he had done. But they failed.