30 Now Gideon had (A)seventy sons who [a]were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

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  1. Judges 8:30 Lit came from his loins

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

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

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  1. Judges 9:5 Perhaps a mass human sacrifice

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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18 but in fact you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed (A)his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, (B)the son of his female slave, king over the [a]leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative—

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  1. Judges 9:18 Or landowners

18 But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons(A) on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.

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