Judges 8:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

And all the men of Israel said to Gideon: "You should rule over us, and your son, and your son's son. For you freed us from the hand of Midian."

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.

John 6:15

And so, when he realized that they were going to come and take him away and make him king, Jesus fled back to the mountain, by himself alone.

Judges 8:21

And Zebah and Zalmunna said: "You should rise up and rush against us. For the strength of a man is in accord with his age." Gideon rose up, and he killed Zebah and Zalmunna. And he took the ornaments and studs, with which the necks of the royal camels are usually adorned.

Judges 8:23

And he said to them: "I will not rule over you. Neither shall my son rule over you. Instead, the Lord shall rule over you."

1 Samuel 12:12

Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, 'By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,' even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.

1 Samuel 8:5

And they said to him: "Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have."