Verse 30

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.