Judges 8:30

American Standard Version (1901)

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

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  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13-16 : 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
  • Matt 19:5-8 : 5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
  • Eph 5:31-33 : 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. 33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
  • Gen 46:26 : 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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  • Judg 8:31-33
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    31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

    32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

  • Judg 12:9
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    9And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

  • Judg 8:29
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    29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

  • Judg 9:4-5
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    4And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

    5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

  • Judg 10:4
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    4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

  • Judg 11:1-2
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    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

    2And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

  • Judg 8:21-22
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    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

    22Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.

  • Judg 9:18
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    18and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

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    44All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • Judg 7:1-2
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    1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

    2And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

  • Judg 8:13-14
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    13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

    14And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.

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    56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

  • Judg 6:27
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    27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

  • 2 Chr 11:21
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    21And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

  • Job 42:13
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    13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
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    14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
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    3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

  • 1 Chr 8:8-9
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    8And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

    9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,

  • Job 1:2
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    2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

  • Judg 9:24
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    24that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-30
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    29And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah;

    30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

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    3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son.

  • Judg 8:10-11
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    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

    11And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

  • Mark 12:20
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    20There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

  • Judg 6:34
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    34But the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

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    3And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

  • 1 Chr 7:17
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    17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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    8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

  • Num 31:35
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    35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.