Then the men of Israel. —Here begins the third great phase of the life of Gideon, which was characterized by his noblest act—the refusal o…

There was always an itching among the Israelites to have a king, an earthly monarch to rule over them; but God did not design it that way.

It…

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon
Some time after his return, the chief men of Israel having met in a body, and …

Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.

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