John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:25
And they answered, we will willingly give them ,.... Or, "in giving we will give" F4 נתון נתן "dando dabimus", Pagninus, Montanus. ; give them with all their hearts, most freely and cheerfully: and they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey ; every man one, which would amount to no more than three hundred; though perhaps those who joined in the pursuit might take many more, or otherwise the weight of them would not amount to what in the next... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 8:22-28
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 delivered us, Jdg. 7:22. They thought it very reasonable that he who had gone through the toils and perils of their deliverance should enjoy the honour and power of commanding them ever afterwards, and very desirable that he who in this great and critical juncture had had such manifest tokens of God's... read more