And he went to his father's house at (A)Ophrah (B)and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(A) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(B) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(C)

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Athaliah Reigns in Judah

11 (A)Now when (B)Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took (C)Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put[a] him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they[b] hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.

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  1. 2 Kings 11:2 Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put
  2. 2 Kings 11:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she

Athaliah and Joash(A)

11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[a] and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash(C) son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.(D)

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  1. 2 Kings 11:2 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram

When Jehoram had ascended the throne of his father and was established, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of (A)Israel.

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Jehoram King of Judah(A)

When Jehoram established(B) himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers(C) to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel.

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24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, (A)The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at (B)Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

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24 So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called(A) it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah(B) of the Abiezrites.

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20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for (A)those who sought the child's life are dead.”

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20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(A)

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Herod Kills the Children

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

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16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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17 And when he came to Samaria, (A)he struck down all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the Lord (B)that he spoke to Elijah.

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17 When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab’s family;(A) he destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah.

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“Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all (A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that (B)I am (C)your bone and your flesh.”

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“Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.(A)

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30 Now Gideon had (A)seventy sons, his own offspring,[a] for he had many wives.

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  1. Judges 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins

30 He had seventy sons(A) of his own, for he had many wives.

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