Judges 8:23
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.
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Judges 2:18And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Judges 11:9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
1 Samuel 10:19but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
Isaiah 33:22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
Luke 22:24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.
1 Peter 5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
Matthew Henry on Judges 8:23-29
Gideon Declines the Proffered Crown. ( b. c. 1249.) 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 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. 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were… Read the whole commentary →