Judges 8:22-24

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Gideon’s Idolatry

²²Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid′ian.” ²³Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”^[a] ²⁴And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ish′maelites.)

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Footnotes

8.23 It appears from the sequel that Gideon did in fact become a king even if he refused the title; but the idea of an hereditary monarchy was still unacceptable, as the following history of Abimelech shows.

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