...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.' " The authority which Gideon declined was, however, coveted by Abimelech, one of his sons by a concubine....

...their king. But the pious hero himself was mindful of it, replying in the true spirit of the theocracy, 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, the Lord shall rule over you.' Gideon, in modestly and piously declining the proposal, acted with a moderation and wisdom worthy of...

...authority, when they were so desirous of having him for a king. " I will not rule over you," he said, " neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over yon." George. But Gideon had taken upon himself to command the people before that ? Grandfather. He...

...the people requested that he would assume the supreme authority and rule over them. But he refused. s. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 If The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou ke (v. 22, 23). Ah, how few are like Gideon! Are not crowns coveted ? Are not kingdoms sought after ?...

...thy 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,...

...unto him, Rule thou over us, both thou and 22, 23. thy son, and thy son's son also, said to them, / will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : Jehovah shall rule over you. And though they judged the people, they exercised no other authority...

...ye have 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...

...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,...

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

...country; 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...