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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Judges 8:23

By Gideon ' s answer, it evidently appears, that there was a spirit of idolatry in Israel: they desired, like the nations around, a king, thereby denying the government of God. If you consult these scriptures, they will serve to throw a light upon the subject: 1 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Samuel 12:1.

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See also Judges 8:23 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 8:23. _THE LORD SHALL RULE OVER YOU_] Few with such power at their command would have acted as Gideon. His speech calls them back to their first principles, and should have excited in the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END _ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_ 2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10) 3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22) 4. Israel's failure after Gide...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Gideon refuses the kingship: he sets up an ephod: conclusion_ 22 _.the men of Israel_ Not the 300 of Judges 8:4, but the men who formed the army Judges 7:14; Judges 9:55, the Israelites drawn from Ep...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will not rule over you_ But ch. 9 implies that Gideon did exercise some kind of supremacy, at any rate in his own district, and his sons claimed to inherit his position, Judges 9:2. These words, th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Gideon Captures and Slays Midian's Kings Judges 8:1-28_ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 Lord shall rule over you. Their unbounded admiration and gratitude prompte...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with six of the Ju...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LOCKED] i.e. bolted (as in the East at present)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the people from Midi...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD SHALL RULE OVER YOU. — Numbers 23:21; Deuteronomy 33:5; 1 Samuel 6:12. Gideon refused the splendid temptation of an hereditary crown, though, in strict accordance with Divine guidance, he was...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ גִּדְעֹ֔ון לֹֽא ־אֶמְשֹׁ֤ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    GIDEON THE ECCLESIASTIC Judges 8:22 THE great victory of Gideon had this special significance, that it ended the incursions of the wandering races of the desert. Canaan offered a continual lure to th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SNARE OF SUCCESS Judges 8:13 Clearly Gideon's family had passed through some terrible tragedy previous to this war of emancipation. He had not learned our Lord's teaching of forgiveness and acted...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Israel tried to set up Gideon and his descendants after him as king over them. Gideon's answer is significant. "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND GIDEON SAID UNTO THEM, I WILL NOT RULE OVER YOU,.... Not that he declined the government of them as a judge, to which he was raised of God, but as a king, for which he had no authority and call fr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. Ver. 23. _I will not rule over you._] Since I cannot without manifest wrong done...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will not rule over you_ As a king. He rejected their offer, because he looked upon God as their king, who appointed what deputy he pleased to govern them; and because he considered this proposal as...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army. 10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed. 17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you. Gideon did not feel himself called upon to found a royal dynasty in Israel, but c...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They did not stop to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-28 Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this vi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WILL NOT RULE OVER YOU, to wit, as a king, which you desire. THE LORD SHALL RULE OVER YOU, in a special manner, as he hath hitherto done, by judges, whom God did particularly appoint and direct, eve...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 8:23 Gideon H1439 said H559 (H8799) rule H4910 (H8799) son H1121 rule H4910 (H8799) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.' There are good grounds for thinking that in fact this was a speech of acceptance c...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon. Apostasy. CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal, Jether. CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their cou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._ GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:22 Despite God’s faithfulness to Gideon, he leads the people into improper worship practices. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 8 _FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23 RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer, added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a desire, already perhaps beginn...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight? The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:3; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 8:7

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I will not rule — As a king. The Lord shall rule — In a special manner, as he hath hitherto done, by judges, whom God particularly appointed and directed, even by Urim and Thummim, and assisted upon a...

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