³⁰ Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.

⁵ Then he went to his father’s house ^(A)at Ophrah and ^(B)killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.

² “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all ^(A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and ^(B)bone.”

^31 (A)“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^(B)two shall become one flesh.” ³² This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³ Nevertheless ^(C)let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(D)respects her husband.

⁵ and said, ^(A)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^(B)the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶ So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

⁷ They said to Him, ^(C)“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

⁸ He said to them, “Moses, because of the ^(D)hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your ^(E)wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Ahab’s Seventy Sons Killed

10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of ^[a]Jezreel, to the elders, and to ^[b]those who reared Ahab’s sons, saying:

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

¹³ And ^(A)David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David. ¹⁴ Now ^(B)these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: ^[a]Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, ^(C)Solomon, ¹⁵ Ibhar, ^[b]Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, ¹⁶ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.