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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 8:18-35

CHAPTER 8FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18-35CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 8:18. Then said he, etc.] This must have taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his return to Penuel and Succoth, and the boy Jether was present, who could not have been in the battlefield. It may have been on the old battleground in Jezreel where the people would come flocking to see the terrible kings in fetters. [Cassel.] If so, what an impressive lesson it must have read to the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 8:1-35

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were robbing all around; he had the patriot's wide sympathy. (2) He was a man also of the strongest common sense, accustomed to look through words to things, and to look the facts of life fair in the face. (3) He was a man of abundant personal valour, but yet unwilling to move a step until he was sure... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 8:1-35

Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomacy Gideon deals with these Ephraimites. They came to Gideon and they began to chide him sharply because he had not called them to go with him against the Midianites. Now it is interesting to note that they came to him after Gideon had the victory and it was assured that Gideon had the enemy on the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 8:1-35

Judges 8:16 . He taught the men of Succoth. The LXX read, he threshed them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their country have at least a right to demand bread. Now the backs of the elders must atone for the insolence of their tongues. Judges 8:21 . The ornaments on their camels’ necks. They were caparisoned in the most gorgeous manner. Judges 8:22 . Rule thou over us. The Hebrew government was a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 8:22-35

Judges 8:22-35Rule thou over us . . . for thou hast delivered us.Gideon’s after-lifeMany a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether Gideon yielded to this greatest of temptations. Did he now allow selfishness instead of faith and duty to become the ruling principle of his life? That question had to be practically answered at the great assembly that was held on his return. He stood there on the pinnacle of glory. He was... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 8:22

Jdg 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. Ver. 22. Rule thou over us, ] viz, As king of the land. A fair offer, and such as few men would have refused. But he knew that to accept of it, were to trench upon God’s prerogative royal, who had used all means to have the glory of this victory ascribed to himself only. See Isaiah 42:8 . For thou hast delivered us. ] We... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 8:22

Rule thou: Judges 9:8-Ezra :, 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 12:12, John 6:15 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:5 - king 1 Samuel 8:1 - made his read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.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. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:22

CONCLUSION OF GIDEON’S HISTORY, Judges 8:22-35. 22. Rule thou over us Here we meet with the earliest indication of a general desire in Israel to have a king. The expression rule thou, not reign thou, might mean only the people’s desire to have Gideon execute the office of judge among them; but the additional words, thy son, and thy son’s son, clearly involve the idea of a hereditary monarchy. But, as Gideon rejected their proposal, there is no occasion to discuss what all the people... read more