Judges 8:30

New Century Version

He had seventy sons of his own, because he had many wives.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

Genesis 46:26

So the total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons.

Genesis 7:7

He and his wife and his sons and their wives went into the boat to escape the waters of the flood.

1 Kings 11:3

He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred slave women who gave birth to his children. His wives caused him to turn away from God.

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officers and elders of Jezreel and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab. Jehu said,

Exodus 1:5

There was a total of seventy people who were descendants of Jacob. Jacob’s son Joseph was already in Egypt.

Malachi 2:15

God made husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit for his purpose—so they would have children who are true to God. So be careful, and do not break your promise to the wife you married when you were young.

Deuteronomy 17:17

The king must not have many wives, or his heart will be led away from God. He must not have too much silver and gold.

Judges 10:4

Jair had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. These thirty sons controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which are called the Towns of Jair to this day.

Judges 12:14

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

Judges 12:9

He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He let his daughters marry men who were not in his family group, and he brought thirty women who were not in his tribe to be wives for his sons. Ibzan judged Israel for seven years.

Judges 8:31

He had a slave woman who lived in Shechem, and he had a son by her, whom he named Abimelech.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech son of Gideon went to his uncles in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother’s family group,

Judges 9:18

But now you have turned against my father’s family and have killed his seventy sons on one stone. You have made Abimelech, the son of my father’s slave girl, king over the leaders of Shechem just because he is your relative!

Judges 9:2

“Ask the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for the seventy sons of Gideon to rule over you or for one man to rule?’ Remember, I am your relative.”

Judges 9:5

He went to Ophrah, the hometown of his father, and murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Gideon. He killed them all on one stone. But Gideon’s youngest son, Jotham, hid from Abimelech and escaped.