Judges 8:30
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.

threescore

Judges 9:2,5 Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh. . . .

Judges 10:4 Having thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass colts, and were princes of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, until this present day, in the land of Galaad.

Judges 12:9,14 He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons, of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years: . . .

Genesis 46:26 All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

Exodus 1:5 And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.

2 Kings 10:1 And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria: so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the chief men of the city, and to the ancients, and to them that brought up Achab's children, saying:

of his body begotten.

Genesis 2:24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Genesis 7:7 And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Deuteronomy 17:17 He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

2 Samuel 3:2-5 And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Ammon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess: . . .

2 Samuel 5:13-16 And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters: . . .

1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

Malachi 2:15 Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

Matthew 19:5-8 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. . . .

Ephesians 5:31-33 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh. . . .

Context
Forty Years of Peace
29So Jerobaal, the son of Joas, went and dwelt in his own house: 30And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.31And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.…
Cross References
Judges 8:31
And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

Judges 9:2
Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.

Judges 9:5
And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.

Judges 9:18
And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:

Lexicon
Gideon
וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (ū·lə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1439: Gideon -- a judge of Israel

had
הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

seventy
שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

sons
בָּנִ֔ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of his own,
יֹצְאֵ֖י (yō·ṣə·’ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he had
הָ֥יוּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

many
רַבּ֖וֹת (rab·bō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

wives.
נָשִׁ֥ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female


Additional Translations
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.

Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;
Jump to Previous
Begotten Body Conceived Descendants Direct Offspring Seventy Ten Threescore Wives
Jump to Next
Begotten Body Conceived Descendants Direct Offspring Seventy Ten Threescore Wives
Links
Judges 8:30 NIV
Judges 8:30 NLT
Judges 8:30 ESV
Judges 8:30 NASB
Judges 8:30 KJV

Judges 8:30 Bible Apps
Judges 8:30 Biblia Paralela
Judges 8:30 Chinese Bible
Judges 8:30 French Bible
Judges 8:30 German Bible

Alphabetical: descendants direct for Gideon had He his many Now of own seventy sons were who wives

OT History: Judges 8:30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Judges 8:29
Top of Page
Top of Page