...of Midian." To which he answered as magnanimously, and by that answer redoubled the obligation, " I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you ; the Lord shall rule over you." Thus far, then, we see the workings of a just gratitude in the Israelites. Now, after so vast an obligation...

...for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, u Ps. 83. 11. 1 1 will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : ' the LoRD shall rule over you. 24 IT And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man...

...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...

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

...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...

...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,...

...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...

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...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...