Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives. Cross References Judges 8:31His 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-- Chapter Outline 1. Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites4. Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army 10. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken 13. Succoth and Penuel are destroyed 17. Gideon revenges his brothers's death on Zebah and Zalmunna 22. He refuses government 24. His ephod the cause of idolatry 28. Midian subdued 29. Gideon's children, and death 33. The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude Jump to Previous Begotten Body Conceived Descendants Direct Offspring Seventy Ten Threescore WivesJump to Next Begotten Body Conceived Descendants Direct Offspring Seventy Ten Threescore Wives |
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