Judges 12:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

Cross References

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; and they had thirty towns, which are in the land of Gilead, and are called Havvoth-jair to this day.

Judges 12:10

Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

Judges 12:14

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

Judges 12:8

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.