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Verse Judges 8:22. _RULE THOU OVER US, BOTH THOU, AND THY SON, AND
THY_ _SON'S SON_] That is, Become our king, and let the crown be
hereditary in thy family. What a weak, foolish, and inconstant peopl...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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RULE THOU OVER US— The Israelites, forgetful of the peculiar
government under which they were, wished to be ruled, like their
neighbour-nations, by a king, and therefore entreat Gideon to assume
the s...
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_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?...
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_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._
Rule thou over us ......
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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 J...
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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 Midia...
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THEN THE MEN OF ISRAEL. — Here begins the third great phase of the
life of Gideon. which was characterised by his noblest act — the
refusal of the kingdom — and his most questionable act — the
setting...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֤וּ אִֽישׁ ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל
־גִּדְעֹ֔ון מְשָׁל ־בָּ֨נוּ֙ גַּם
־אַתָּ֔ה גַּם ־בִּנְךָ֖ גַּ֣ם בֶּן
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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...
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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 acte...
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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...
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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....
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Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou,
and thy son, and thy (m) son's son also: for thou hast delivered us
from the hand of Midian.
(m) That is, thy posterity....
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Israel, who were in his army, and of whom he receives the earlets for
his share of the spoil. (Calmet) --- But as those who staid at home
received a share of the booty, and no doubt would come to cong...
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This request was apparently very proper, for who so suited to govern
as one whom the Lord had honored. Reader! If you and I spiritualize
this passage, and make application to the Lord Jesus, of the re...
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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...
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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...
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THEN THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO GIDEON,.... Some time after his
return, the chief men of Israel having met in a body, and consulted
matters among themselves, sent a deputation to Gideon with an offer...
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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.
Ver. 22. _Rule thou over us,_] viz, As...
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_Rule thou over us_ Not as a judge, for as such he already ruled over
them, but as a king; _both thou and thy son_, &c. Let the kingdom be
hereditary to thee and to thy family. _For thou hast delivere...
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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...
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Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou
and thy son, and thy son's son also, they wanted to establish a
hereditary kingdom with their great deliverer at their head, as th...
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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 t...
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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 vic...
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RULE THOU OVER US; not as a judge, for that he was already made by
God; but as a king; and let the kingdom be hereditary to thee and to
thy family. This miraculous and glorious deliverance by thy hand...
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Judges 8:22 men H376 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) Gideon H1439 Rule
H4910 (H8798) son H1121 grandson H1121 H1121 delivered H3467 (H8689)
hand H3027 Midian H4080
Rule thou - Judges 9:8-15; 1 Samuel...
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GIDEON IS MADE AN HEREDITARY PRINCE AND MAKES AN EPHOD (JUDGES 8:22).
Judges 8:22
‘ Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “You rule over us, both
you and your son, and your son's son also. For you...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:22 Despite God’s faithfulness to Gideon,
he leads the people into improper worship practices.
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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 hi...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 8:5; John 6:15; Judges 9:8...
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Rule — Not as a judge, for that he was already made by God; but as a
king. Thy son's son — Let the kingdom be hereditary to thee, and to
thy family. Thou hast delivered us — This miraculous and glorio...