NET Bible
"Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives."
— Judges 8:30, NET Bible
“And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.”
“And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. ”
“Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.”
“And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.”
“Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.”
“And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.”
Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.
Gideon’s Story Ends The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time.
Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.
Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.
His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Israel Returns to Baal-Worship After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.