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'Sons' in the Bible

Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenGiants

and they took their daughters for themselves as wives and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their [pagan] gods.

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying [camped] in the valley, as countless as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies, about fifteen thousand [fighting] men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen ThousandOne Hundred Thousand And MoreSurvivors Of The Nations

He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenRestraints From Killinggideon

Now Gideon had seventy sons born to him, because he had many wives.

Verse ConceptsPolygamySeventiesgideon

“Speak now in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your own bone and flesh.”

Verse ConceptsBodySeventySame Bone And FleshSeventies

Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and murdered his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, [in a public execution] on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left alive, because he had hidden himself.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsThe Youngest ChildBeing Killed By A RockHiding From PeopleSole SurvivorsSeventiesKilling BrothersHalf brothersanniversary

but you have risen against my father’s house today and have murdered his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the people of Shechem, because he is your relative—

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIngratitudeBeing Killed By A RockMaking KingsSeventiesKilling Brothers

so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal (Gideon) might come [on the guilty], and that their [innocent] blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who had killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands (encouraged him) to kill his brothers.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfSeventiesKilling Brothers

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

Verse ConceptsBackThirtyGiven Names To This DayMultitudes Of Donkeys

Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

Verse ConceptsHalf brothers

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters [-in-law] from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersClansThirtySeven YearsTaking A Wife

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

Verse ConceptsBackThirtyEight Or Nine YearsFortiesSeventiesMultitudes Of Donkeys

Now the man Micah had a house of gods (shrine), and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated and installed one of his sons, who became his [personal] priest.

Verse ConceptsephodsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesConsecration

The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to Micah like one of his sons.

Verse ConceptsAdoption

The [tribe of] the sons of Dan set up the image [of silver-plated wood] for themselves; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity and exile from the land.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

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