“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's 70 sons (שִׁבְעִים בְנִים, shivim banim) born from multiple wives suggest dynastic ambition despite his refusal of formal kingship. He has de facto achieved the dynastic status he formally rejected.
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