...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." And he returned to Ophrah, where he dwelt quietly for forty years, during all which time Israel flourished...

...which he considered to be a violation of their sacred law ; " I will not rule over you," he replied, " neither shall my son rule over you ; the LORD shall rule over you." Yet was Gideon at the same time guilty of a violation of a law the most important, which had been reiterated...

...аз that they ought not to have had one. When the crown was offered to Gideon, he answered — ' I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; Jehovah shall rule over you' (Judg. viii. 23). And when at length they exacted a king from Samuel,...

...refused to be a king or monarch, when it was offered him, in the very next chapter, ver. 22, 23 : " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; the Lord shall rule over you." Here we see, that this worthy heroic deliverer of his country thought it best governed, if the Lord...

...Gideon, that warlike judge, that was greater than a king : " I will not rule over you," says he, " neither shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you," Judges, viii. Intimating thereby, that it is not fit for a man, but for God only, to exercise dominion...

...to be written by the inspiration of God, they read that when a nation was selected and a governnor shall my son rule over you ; the Lord shall rule over you. Yet he judged Israel forty years in peace and quietness. If any weighty matter occurred, the whole...

...also : for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. And Gideon said unto them, I will not rnle R +@T + And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings...

...country ; offering at the same time to make it hereditary in his family. His 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...

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...plainly as that they ought not to have had one. When the crown was offered to Gideon, he answered — ' I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; Jehovah shall rule over you ' (Judg. viii. 23). And when at length they exacted a king from Samuel,...