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...7Ibid., 15. 8 Ibid., 9:5-7. thy son, and thy son's son also . . . And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you."9 It is he who establishes kings. He sanctified Saul and David through Samuel; he established...

...of the Hebrew theocratic government, refused the offer, in the following unselfish language: "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you." (Judg. 8:23.) Continuing to rule the northern tribes of Israel for forty years, Gideon, with his many...

...8:7). Earlier, the people of Israel had offered to make Gideon their king, but he had refused: "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you" (Judges 8:23). In spite of this and other anti-monarchial passages in the Old Testament, kingship in...

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...existing system of government into something more stable and lasting. Gideon rejected the offer: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.' (Judges 8:22-23). Nevertheless, he partook of many kingly prerogatives. He asked for, and was allotted,...

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...philosophers of revolution — Paine reminded his readers of Gideon's refusal to be king of ancient Israel: "Gideon doth not decline the honor, but denieth their right to give it." No one, Paine was saying, had a right to give or accept a crown. Continuing his argument, Paine cast...

...extent; not a kingdom only, but an hereditary one, but Gideon in the piety of his soul replied, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over...not be more explicit; Gideon doth not decline the honour, but denieth their right to give it; neither doth he compliment them with invented declarations...