Quotes about Legacy
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
— Judges 8:30
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
— Judges 8:31
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
— Judges 8:32
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
— Judges 9:54
When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
— Judges 10:5
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
— Judges 11:2
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
— Judges 12:7
Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
— Judges 12:10
Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
— Judges 12:12
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
— Judges 12:14
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
— Judges 16:31
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
— Judges 21:17