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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 8:22 - 8:22
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the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us ... Gideon said unto them, the Lord shall rule over you - Their unbounded admiration and gratitude prompted them, in the enthusiasm of the moment, to raise their deliverer to a throne, and to establish a royal dynasty in his house. But Gideon knew too well, and revered too piously the principles of the theocracy, to entertain the proposal for a moment. Personal and family ambition was cheerfully sacrificed to a sense of duty, and every worldly motive was kept in check by a supreme regard to the divine honor. He would willingly act as judge, but the Lord alone was King of Israel.