Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 8:28
Judges 8:28. They lifted up their heads no more That is, they recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others. The country was in quietness forty years To the fortieth year from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression; in the days of Gideon As long as Gideon lived. read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 8:31
Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Judges 9:28 : neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jerubbaal (Judges 9:24. Compare Judges 11:1-2). read more