Judges 8:22

The Message

The Israelites said, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson. You have saved us from Midian’s tyranny.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

By that time the Midianite traders were passing by. His brothers pulled Joseph out of the cistern and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites who took Joseph with them down to Egypt.

Judges 8:21

Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Do it yourself—if you’re man enough!” And Gideon did it. He stepped up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. Then he took the crescents that hung on the necks of their camels. * * *

Judges 8:23

Gideon said, “I most certainly will not rule over you, nor will my son. God will reign over you.”

1 Samuel 12:12

“But when you saw Nahash, king of the Ammonites, preparing to attack you, you said to me, ‘No more of this. We want a king to lead us.’ And God was already your king!