Judges 8:30
And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
In Context
29Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house.
31And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 46:26Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules.
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather him much siluer and golde.
Judges 9:2Say, I pray you, in the audience of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierubbaal, which are seuentie persons, reigne ouer you, either that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh.
Judges 10:4And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie assecolts, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair vnto this day, and are in the land of Gilead.
Judges 12:14And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres.
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 →