Judges 8:30

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Summary

Judges 8:30

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

Threescore

Many wives

Bible References

Threescore

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

Many wives

For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.