Judges 8:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Gideon had seventy sons born to him: for he had many wives.

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  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, asking, Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rules over you? Remember also that I am your own flesh and bone.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and brought in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys: and he judged Israel eight years.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And sons were born to David in Hebron; his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite. 3 And his second, Chileab, by 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, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13-16 : 13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. 14 And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, 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 And 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 those who raised Ahab's children, saying,
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek 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 reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? 6 Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 7 They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away? 8 He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
  • Eph 5:31-33 : 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 And Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark because of the floodwaters.
  • Gen 46:26 : 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 And all the people that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was already in Egypt.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

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    31And his concubine who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

    32And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb 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 went after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • Judg 12:9
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    9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and brought in thirty daughters 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 lived in his own house.

  • Judg 9:4-5
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    4And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, who followed him.

    5And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons, on 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 the house of their fathers, were groups of soldiers for war, thirty-six thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

  • Judg 10:4
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    4And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys: 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 prostitute: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

    2And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of a strange woman.

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

    22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your grandson also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.

  • Judg 9:18
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    18But you have risen up against my father's house today, and have killed his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother)—

  • Ezra 10:44
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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 with him, rose early and camped beside the well of Harod, so the Midianite army was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

    2And the LORD said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to hand the Midianites over to you, lest Israel boast against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.

  • Judg 8:13-14
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    13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

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

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in killing his seventy brothers.

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

  • 2 Chr 11:21
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    21Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

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

  • 1 Chr 7:14
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    14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore 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 fathered children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

    9And he fathered with Hodesh his wife, Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, and Malcham,

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

  • Judg 9:24
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    24So that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood be upon Abimelech their brother who killed them, and upon the men of Shechem who aided him in the killing of his brothers.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-30
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    29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:

    30And his firstborn son Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, and Nadab,

  • Hos 1:3
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    3So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, who conceived and bore him a son.

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

    11And Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the army: for the army felt secure.

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

  • Mark 12:20
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    20Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died, leaving no offspring.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.

  • Judg 6:34
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    34But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer gathered behind him.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
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    3And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, and Abihud,

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23He acted wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he desired 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.

  • Song 6:8
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    8There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

  • Num 31:35
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    35And thirty-two thousand women in all, who had not known man by lying with him.