 | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 500 pages
...without taking pride in himself and without wishing to change the form of government, answered: "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, nor our posterity; but the Lord shall remain the sole sovereign."14 From the beginning of the nation,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 2000 - 388 pages
...extent; not a kingdom only, but an hereditary one; but Gideon in the piety of his soul replied, / mil not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over...honor, but denieth their right to give it; neither doth he compliment them with invented declarations of his thanks, but in the positive style of a prophet... | |
 | James Doelman - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 204 pages
...Samuel 8:7). Earlier, the people of Israel had offered to make Gideon their king, but he had refused: "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you" (Judges 8:23). In spite of this and other anti-monarchial passages in the Old Testament, kingship in... | |
 | Edward Joseph White - Religion - 2000 - 468 pages
...principles of the Hebrew theocratic government, refused the offer, in the following unselfish language: "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you." (Judg. 8:23.) Continuing to rule the northern tribes of Israel for forty years, Gideon, with his many... | |
 | Michael Avi-Yonah - History - 2001 - 394 pages
...existing system of government into something more stable and lasting. Gideon rejected the offer: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.' (Judges 8:22-23). Nevertheless, he partook of many kingly prerogatives. He asked for, and was allotted,... | |
 | James W. Fraser - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 390 pages
...philosophers of revolution — Paine reminded his readers of Gideon's refusal to be king of ancient Israel: "Gideon doth not decline the honor, but denieth their right to give it." No one, Paine was saying, had a right to give or accept a crown. Continuing his argument, Paine cast... | |
 | Merrill Jensen - History - 2003 - 576 pages
...fullest extent; not a kingdom only, but an hereditary one, but Gideon in the piety of his soul replied, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule...not be more explicit; Gideon doth not decline the honour, but denieth their right to give it; neither doth he compliment them with invented declarations... | |
 | Reference - 2003 - 322 pages
...Exodus 18:22. 8 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Exodus 22:28. 9 1 will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you. Judges 8:23. (Gideon refusing an invitation to become king.) 10 In those days there was no king in... | |
 | Mordecai Schreiber, Alvin I. Schiff, Leon Klenicki - History - 2003 - 330 pages
...ottered to make Gideon king. Gideon, however, refused immediately, saying: "I will not rule overyou, neither shall my son rule over you. The Lord shall rule over you" (Judges 8:23). GILGUL. Sec Kabbalah. GIMEL. Thin.: letter of the Hebrew alphabet; numerically, three.... | |
 | Thomas Paine - History - 2004 - 260 pages
...success, and attributing it to the generalship of Gideon, proposed making him a king, saying, Rule thou over us, thou and thy son and thy son's son. Here...shall my son rule over you, THE LORD SHALL RULE OVER YOU.2 Words need not be more explicit; Gideon doth not decline the honor but denieth their right to... | |
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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. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the LORD shall rule over you. 
