Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives. Cross References Judges 8:31 His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. Judges 9:2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?' Remember that I am your own flesh and blood." Judges 9:5 He went to his father's house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself. Judges 9:18 but you have risen up against my father's house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother-- Treasury of Scripture And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. threescore Judges 9:2,5 Judges 10:4 Judges 12:9,14 of his body begotten. Genesis 2:24 Genesis 7:7 Deuteronomy 17:17 |