Judges 8:22 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:22

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.”

BSB

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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

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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!

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
אִֽישׁ־	'ish-	[the] man of	H376 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גִּדְע֔וֹן	gid.'on	Gideon	H1439 →
מְשָׁל־	me.shol-	rule	H4910 →
בָּ֙נוּ֙	ba.nu	over <the> us
גַּם־	gam-	both	H1571 →
אַתָּ֔ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
גַּם־	gam-	as well as	H1571 →
בִּנְךָ֖	bin.Kha	son your	H1121 →
גַּ֣ם	gam	as well as	H1571 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
בְּנֶ֑ךָ	be.Ne.kha	son your	H1121 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖נוּ	ho.sha'.Ta.nu	you have delivered us	H3467 →
מִיַּ֥ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
מִדְיָֽן׃	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.”
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…
leads to
- Judges 8:23
  But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”