New King James Version
Judges 8:30
30Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.
Judges 8:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
- New International Version (NIV)He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives.
Context of Judges 8:30
28Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon. 29Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives. 31And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 32Now Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן הָיוּ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים בָּנִ֔ים יֹצְאֵ֖י יְרֵכ֑וֹ כִּֽי־נָשִׁ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת הָ֥יוּ לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 8:30
- Judges 9:2“Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”
- Judges 10:4Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called “Havoth Jair” to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Judges 12:9He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
- Genesis 46:26All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.
- Exodus 1:5All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).
- 2 Kings 10:1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to those who reared Ahab’s sons, saying:
- Genesis 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
- Genesis 7:7So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
- Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
- 2 Samuel 3:2Sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- 2 Samuel 5:13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.
- 1 Kings 11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
- Malachi 2:15But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
- Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
- Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Commentaries on Judges 8:30
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-35Verses 29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family of Gideon. No wonder if those who forget their God, forget their friends. Yet conscious of our own ingratitude to the Lord, and observing that of mankind in general, we should learn to be patient under any unkind returns we meet with for our poor…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-32Old age usually shows divine blessing, but Gideon's spiritual blessing and leadership declined.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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