Judges 8:22
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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Here is, I. Gideon's laudable modesty, after his great victory, in refusing the government which the people offered him. 1. It was honest in them to offer it: Rule thou over us, for thou hast…
Gideon refuses the kingship: he sets up an ephod: conclusion
22 .the men of Israel Not the 300 of Jdg 8:4-21, but the men who formed the army Jdg 7:14; Jdg 9:55, the Israelites drawn from Ephraim,…