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Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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A Great Man's Stumble
Commentators see a tragic irony in this moment. After righteously refusing the ultimate power of kingship, Gideon succumbs to the lesser, but still potent, temptation of wealth. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott describe this request for gold as the "first decline of his glory," a powerful reminder that victory over one temptation does not grant immunity from others.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In this desire for gold, Gideon falls to the level of ordinary men, and we may see in it the first decline of his glory, leading to a sad tarnishin…
19th Century
Anglican
I would desire a request of you. —Not infrequently, the magnanimity which has just stood firm under a great trial succumb…
Baptist
He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you , &c.] Which he thought they would scarcely deny, and it was now a fa…
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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