Judges 8:23
And Gideon said unto them, I, will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you,—Yahweh, shall rule over you.
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Judges 2:18And, when Yahweh raised them up judges, then was Yahweh with the judges, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies, all the days of the judge,—for Yahweh was grieved at their outcry, because of them who oppressed them, and ill-treated them.
Judges 11:9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead—If ye do bring me back to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them up before me, shall, I myself, become your head?
1 Samuel 10:19Yet, ye, to-day, have rejected your God, who, himself, hath been giving you salvation from all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him: A king, shalt thou set over us,—Now, therefore, present yourselves before Yahweh, by your tribes, and by your thousands.
Isaiah 33:22For, Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver,—Yahweh, is our king, He will save us!
Luke 22:24And it came to pass that there was, a rivalry also, among them, as to which of them seemed to be greater [than the rest].
1 Peter 5:3Nor yet as lording it over the allotted portions, but becoming, ensamples, to the beloved 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 →