Judges 8:30

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon Refuses a Kingdom, and Erects an Ephod. Long before the Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine King, and Gideon...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. T...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fourscore ] two full generations.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Threescore and ten sons. — According to Oriental fashion, no account is taken of his daughters. He had many wives. — It is clear that Gideon was...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-57 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is ev...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Through Slaughter to a Throne” Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-6 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not ca...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Although from the infirmities and corruptions of our fallen nature, many of the early followers of the Lord, had more than one wife, yet, the Holy Gh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten ,.... Not after his victories, for it is plain he had children before; mention is made of Jether, h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. Ver. 30. Of his body begotten. ] Heb., Going out of his thigh,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel's Return to Idolatry. B. C. 1249. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his own body (literally ‘going out of his thigh'), for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 8 FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18-35 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 8:18 . Then said he , etc.] This must have...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could n...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:16 . He taught the men of Succoth. The LXX read, he threshed them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Rule thou over us . .. for thou hast delivered us. Gideon’s after-life Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails enti...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. Gideon at his worst Man is a strange mixture of greatness and of littleness, of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 8:22 , Judges 8:23 Rule thou , etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer, added to a sense that it woul...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Campaign
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. He had everything that made for fame and happiness in Israel, pow...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:3 ; 2 Kings 10:1 ; 2 Samuel 3:2-5 ; 2 Samuel 5:13-16 ; Deuteronomy 17:17 ; Ephesians 5:31-33 ; Exodus 1:5 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesi...

³⁰ And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Related Commentaries of Judges 8:30

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 8:30