Judges 8:31

Easy To Read Version

Gideon had a concubine [74] that lived in the city of Shechem. He had a son with that concubine. He named that son Abimelech.

Cross References

Genesis 16:15

Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son. And Abram named the son Ishmael.

Genesis 20:2

Abraham told people that Sarah was his sister. Abimelech, king of Gerar, heard this. Abimelech wanted Sarah, so he sent some servants to take her.

Genesis 22:24

Also Nahor had four other sons from his woman servant [128] Reumah. The sons were Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Judges 8:30

Gideon had 70 sons of his own. He had so many sons because he had many wives.

Judges 8:32

So Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age. Gideon was buried in the tomb that Joash, his father, owned. That tomb is in the city of Ophrah, where the Abiezer family lives.

Judges 9:18

But now you have turned against my father’s family. You have killed 70 of my father’s sons all at the same time. [81] You made Abimelech the new king over the city of Shechem. He is only the son of my father’s slave girl. But you made him king because he is your relative.