Judges 12:14

12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

Judges 8:30

8:30 Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives. ¹ 

Judges 10:4

10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair ²  – they are in the land of Gilead. ³ 

Judges 11:2

11:2 Gilead’s wife also gave ⁴  him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, ⁵  because you are another woman’s son.”

Judges 12:9

12:9 He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, ⁶  and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. ⁷  Ibzan ⁸  led ⁹  Israel for seven years;

[8:30]  ¹ tn Heb “Gideon had seventy sons who went out from his thigh, for he had many wives.” The Hebrew word יָרֵךְ (yarekh, “thigh”) is a euphemism here for the penis.

[10:4]  ¹ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ² tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[11:2]  ¹ tn Heb “bore.”

[11:2]  ² tn Heb “in the house of our father.”

[12:9]  ¹ tn Heb “thirty daughters he sent off outside.” Another option is to translate, “He arranged for his thirty daughters…” It is not clear if he had more than the “thirty daughters” mentioned in the text.

[12:9]  ² tn Heb “and thirty daughters he brought for his sons from the outside.”

[12:9]  ³ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ibzan) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for English stylistic reasons.

[12:9]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “judged.”