Judges 8:30

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Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

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  • Judg 9:2 : 2 “Tell all the leaders of Shechem this:‘Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’”
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair– they are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite. 3 His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur. 4 His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abital. 5 His sixth son was Ithream, born to David’s wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13-16 : 13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David. 14 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Jehu Wipes Out Ahab’s Family Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said,
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
  • Matt 19:5-8 : 5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with 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 us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?” 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
  • Eph 5:31-33 : 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, 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 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.
  • Gen 46:26 : 26 All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number.(This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 8:31-33
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    31His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

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

    33Israel Returns to Baal-Worship After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
    73%

    21Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • Judg 12:9
    72%

    9He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;

  • Judg 8:29
    71%

    29Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.

  • Judg 9:4-5
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    4They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.

    5He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

  • Judg 10:4
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    4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair– they are in the land of Gilead.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

  • Judg 11:1-2
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    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

    2Gilead’s wife also gave him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him,“You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, because you are another woman’s son.”

  • Judg 8:21-22
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    69%

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon,“Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

    22Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod The men of Israel said to Gideon,“Rule over us– you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.”

  • Judg 9:18
    69%

    18But you have attacked my father’s family today. You murdered his seventy legitimate sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative.

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

  • Judg 7:1-2
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    1Gideon Reduces the Ranks Jerub-Baal(that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

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

    14He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders– seventy-seven men in all.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.

  • Judg 6:27
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    27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.

  • 2 Chr 11:21
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    21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

  • Job 42:13
    68%

    13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    68%

    14Manasseh’s Descendants The sons of Manasseh:Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
    67%

    3He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

  • 1 Chr 8:8-9
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    67%

    8Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

    9By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,

  • Job 1:2
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    2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

  • Judg 9:24
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    24He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-30
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    29The father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon; his wife’s name was Maacah.

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

  • Hos 1:3
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    3So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

  • Judg 8:10-11
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    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

    11Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    66%

    3Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

  • Mark 12:20
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    20There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

  • Jer 29:6
    66%

    6Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters to get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

  • Judg 6:34
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    34The LORD’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
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    3Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud,

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.

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

  • Song 6:8
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    8There may be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.

  • Num 31:35
    66%

    35and 32,000 young womenwho had not experienced a man’s bed.