...to make Gideon their king, and to establish the throne in his family. He nobly answered : ' I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you.' This declaration was worthy of one who recognised the true character of that theocracy under which...

...his services, and which they wished to make hereditary in his family, had before replied : "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; the Lord shall rule over you."* . And when Samuel was wroth at this passion for servitude that he could no longer repress, the Lord...

...son's son." The answer shows that Gideon remembered the great principle of the theocracy, " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you " (Judg. vii. 22, 23). He was content with the position of a judge, and in the succession of the judges,...

...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." So far, this was very fine. It was in full keeping with the self-surrender of Gideon's previous course....

...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. And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father,...

...servant of Jehovah will not dare to invade the Divine prerogative. " And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you," (viii. 23.) In one thing alone did Gideon mar the grandeur of his illustrious triumph. When his brave...

...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. And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings...

...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. And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the eairings...

...champion of his people, he shrank from being their king, and he replied, ' I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you, the Lord shall rule over you.' Nothing gives us a better insight into the strange character of the time than the fact recorded of...

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