Judges 8:28

Lifted up their heads no more, i.e. recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others, as they had done. Forty years, i.e. to the fortieth year, from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression: see on Judges 3:11. In the days of Gideon, i.e. as long as Gideon lived.