Judges 8:30
And Gid'on had seventy sons begotten of his body; for he had many wives.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
In Context
29And Yerubba'al the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name, Abimelech.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 46:26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacob's sons, were in all sixty and six souls.
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall he take to himself many wives, that his heart may not turn away; nor shall he acquire for himself too much silver and gold.
Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, What is better for you, either that there should rule over you seventy men, all the sons of Yerubba'al, or that there reign over you one man? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.
Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Chavvoth-yair unto this day, which are in the land of Gil'ad.
Judges 12:14And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, that rode on seventy ass-colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
Matthew Henry on Judges 8:30-35
Israel's Return to Idolatry. ( b. c. 1249.) 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel… Read the whole commentary →