...son also : for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will 0 24 H And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the...

...son's son also ; for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. The Lord shall rule over you." This conduct of Gideon was both pious and disinterested. Men, in common, are disposed to grasp at power,...

...sentiments, the offer of the crown and of the right to transmit it to his descendants, and says : " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; the Lord shall rule over you." OBS. — It is characteristic of the age of the Judges, that this genuine theocratical act of Gideon,...

...not obeyed my voice : why have ye done this ?" — Judges ii. 2. "And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you." — Judges viii. 23. "And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that...

...sovereign. Hut the pious hero himself was mindful of it, replying in the true spirit of theocracy, ' I will venth day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 IT And All his sons were not, however, of his mind, and did not forget this offer — as we shall see in the...

...offering at the same time to make it hereditary in his family. Ilis reply is remarkable : " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you," Judges viii, 23: language which shows that, in his opinion, the theocracy was incompatible with a political...

...Gideon in the piety of his soul replied, / trill not rule over you, neither shall my son rule ovtr you, THE LORD SHALL RULE OVER YOU. Words need not be more explicit ; Gideon doth not (Incline the honor, but denieth their right to give it ; neither doth he compliment them with invented...

...for thou li;i>*t Je'j liverei] us Iro-ii the liaiul of Midiau, 23 And Gideon said unto them 1! will mas Chevalier i -OKD •' shall rule over you. 21 Tf And Gideon said unto them I would desire a request of you, that...

...in the true spirit of the theocracy, and of the most exalted patriotism. He " said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you." (Judg. viii. 23.) But, in another respect, his conduct was reprehensible. Having received, at his own...

...deserving of letters of gold, or to be written still more nobly—engraven upon all hearts— " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over yon." During the forty years of Gideon's after life, Israel dwelt in peace: he guiding his countrymen...