Judges 8:23
“And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,.... Not that he declined the government of them as a judge, to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 8:22-28
Here is, I. Gideon's laudable modesty, after his great victory, in refusing the government which the people offered him.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
I will not rule over you But ch. 9 implies that Gideon did exercise some kind of supremacy, at any rate in his own…
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