Judges 8:30

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Gideon had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives.

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  • Judg 9:2 : 2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess. 3 His second son was Chileab, born to Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. The third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. 4 The fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital. 5 The sixth was Ithream, born to Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13-16 : 13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s children, saying:
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 Did not God make them one, with a portion of His spirit in their union? And what was the one seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
  • Matt 19:5-8 : 5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate. 7 They said to him, "Why then did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given and the woman sent away?" 8 He said to them, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not this way from the beginning."
  • Eph 5:31-33 : 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  • Gen 46:26 : 26 All the members of Jacob’s household who went to Egypt, those who were his direct descendants (not counting the wives of his sons), numbered sixty-six persons in total.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 He must not take many wives for himself, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 8:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

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

    33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals, making Baal-Berith their god.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
    73%

    21 But Abijah grew stronger. He married fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • Judg 12:9
    72%

    9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

  • Judg 8:29
    71%

    29 Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to his home to live.

  • Judg 9:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and with it Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men who followed him.

    5 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
    71%

    4 Alongside these, according to their generations and their ancestral families, were divisions of warriors for battle—thirty-six thousand in total, for they had many wives and children.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3 David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he had more sons and daughters.

  • Judg 10:4
    70%

    4 He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.

  • Judg 12:14
    70%

    14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

  • Judg 11:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was his father.

    2 Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah away, saying, 'You will have no inheritance in our father's house because you are the son of another woman.'

  • Judg 8:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    22 The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.'

  • Judg 9:18
    69%

    18 but today you have risen up against my father’s house and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your brother—

  • Ezra 10:44
    69%

    44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had even fathered children by them.

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people with him set up camp beside the spring of Harod. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was to the north of them, by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2 The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

  • Judg 8:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13 Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.

    14 He captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the leaders of Succoth and its elders—seventy-seven men.

  • Judg 9:56
    68%

    56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.

  • Judg 6:27
    68%

    27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the city, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.

  • 2 Chr 11:21
    68%

    21 Rehoboam loved Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, more than all his other wives and concubines. He had married eighteen wives and had sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    68%

    13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

  • Job 42:13
    68%

    13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    68%

    14 The descendants of Manasseh through his concubine the Aramean woman: Asriel, whom she bore. She gave birth to Makir, the father of Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
    67%

    3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

  • 1 Chr 8:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 Shaharaim fathered children in the territory of Moab after divorcing his wives Hushim and Baara.

    9 By his wife Hodesh, he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, and Malcham.

  • Job 1:2
    67%

    2 He had seven sons and three daughters born to him.

  • Judg 9:24
    67%

    24 This happened so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood laid on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who had supported him in killing his brothers.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-30
    2 verses
    66%

    29 In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah.

    30 His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, and Nadab.

  • Hos 1:3
    66%

    3 So he went and married Gomer, daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

  • Judg 8:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.

    11 Gideon went up by the route of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the camp while the army was unprepared.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    66%

    3 Jehoiada arranged for Joash to marry two wives, and he fathered sons and daughters.

  • Mark 12:20
    66%

    20 'Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no children.'

  • Jer 29:6
    66%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

  • Judg 6:34
    66%

    34 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
    66%

    3 The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, and Abihud.

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    66%

    23 He was wise in distributing his sons throughout all the regions of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities. He provided them with abundant provisions and secured many wives for them.

  • 1 Chr 7:17
    66%

    17 The sons of Ulam were Bedan. These were the descendants of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.

  • Song 6:8
    66%

    8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and uncountable young women.

  • Num 31:35
    66%

    35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.