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Judges 8:22

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Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 saved us out of the hand of Midian.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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 people were these! As yet their government was a theocracy; and now, dazzled with the success of a man who was only an instrument in the hands of God to deliver them from their enemies, they wish to throw off the Divine yoke, and shackle themselves with an unlimited hereditary monarchy!

This site's exposition

Rule over us

on Judges 8:22-23

Israel offers a dynasty three generations deep and credits the deliverance from Midian to Gideon himself. That credit is what 7:2 cut the army to three hundred to prevent, lest Israel say "My own hand has saved me". Gideon answers, "The LORD shall rule over you", the ground Samuel stands on at 1 Samuel 8:7, when Israel asks for a king and is told it has rejected God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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 glorious deliverance by thy hands deserves no less from us.
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Let us apply it to the Lord Jesus: he hath delivered us out of the hands of our enemies, our spiritual enemies, the worst and most dangerous, and therefore it is fit he should rule over us; for how can we be better ruled than by one that appears to have so great an interest in heaven and so great a kindness for this earth?

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּאמְר֤וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אִֽישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גִּדְע֔וֹןGideon

    gidonH1439 →39 times

  • מְשָׁל־rule

    meshol-H4910 →81 times

  • בָּ֙נוּ֙over <the> us

    banu

  • גַּם־both

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • אַתָּ֔הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • גַּם־as well as

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • בִּנְךָ֖son your

    binkhaH1121 →4930 times

  • גַּ֣םas well as

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בְּנֶ֑ךָson your

    benekhaH1121 →4930 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖נוּyou have delivered us

    hosha'tanuH3467 →206 times

  • מִיַּ֥דfrom [the] hand of

    miyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מִדְיָֽן׃Midian

    midyanH4080 →59 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

John 6:15Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.3 worksGenesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.3 works1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”2 worksJudges 9:8–15One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’2 works1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.2 worksDeuteronomy 33:5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 6:15

    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

    it leads to

    • John 18:36

      Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

    • John 7:3–4

      So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

    • Luke 19:38

      “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

    • John 6:15–21

      Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

    • Mark 11:9

      The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

  • Through

    1 Samuel 8:5

    “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 17:14–15

      When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like…

    • 1 Samuel 8:19–20

      Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 12:12

    But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was…

    it leads to

    • Judges 8:23

      But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

About Judges

Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 8 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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