Judges 8:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

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  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel; 3 And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, 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, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13-16 : 13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters. 14 These are the names of those whose birth took place 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 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
  • Matt 19:5-8 : 5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh? 6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man. 7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her? 8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.
  • Eph 5:31-33 : 31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church. 33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.
  • Gen 46:26 : 26 All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

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  • Judg 8:31-33
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    31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

    32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • Judg 12:9
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    9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

  • Judg 8:29
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    29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

  • Judg 9:4-5
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    4 And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

    5 Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4 And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • Judg 10:4
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    4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

  • Judg 11:1-2
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    1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.

    2 And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

  • Judg 8:21-22
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    21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

    22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

  • Judg 9:18
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    18 And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his servant-wife, king over the townsmen of Shechem because he is your brother;)

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44 All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

  • Judg 7:1-2
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    1 Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2 And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

  • Judg 8:13-14
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    13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

    14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56 In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

  • Judg 6:27
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    27 Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.

  • 2 Chr 11:21
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    21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • Job 42:13
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    13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
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    14 The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
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    3 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

  • 1 Chr 8:8-9
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    8 And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of the Moabites after driving out Hushim and Beerah his wives;

    9 And by Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam.

  • Job 1:2
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    2 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

  • Judg 9:24
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    24 So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.

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

    30 And his oldest son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

  • Hos 1:3
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    3 So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son.

  • Judg 8:10-11
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    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

    11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

  • Mark 12:20
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    20 There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

  • Jer 29:6
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    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

  • Judg 6:34
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    34 But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
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    3 And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud,

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23 And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

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

  • Song 6:8
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    8 There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

  • Num 31:35
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    35 And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.