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Gideon’s family

These are selected members of Gideon’s family, not all his children.

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In focusAbimelech, son of Gideon
  • Gideon Gideon is the father of Abimelech.
    Source: Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29; Judges 8:30; Judges 8:31
    Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
    Read Judges 7:1
    And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
    Read Judges 8:29
    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
    Read Judges 8:30
    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
    Read Judges 8:31

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  • Joash is the father of Gideon.
    Source: Judges 6:11
    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
    Read Judges 6:11
  • Gideon is the father of Jether.
    Source: Judges 8:20; Judges 8:21
    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
    Read Judges 8:20
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
    Read Judges 8:21
  • Gideon is the father of Abimelech.
    Source: Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29; Judges 8:30; Judges 8:31
    Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
    Read Judges 7:1
    And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
    Read Judges 8:29
    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
    Read Judges 8:30
    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
    Read Judges 8:31
  • Gideon is the father of Jotham.
    Source: Judges 7:1; Judges 6:32; Judges 9:5
    Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
    Read Judges 7:1
    Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
    Read Judges 6:32
    And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
    Read Judges 9:5

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.