Shìshījì 8:22

22 Yǐsèliè rén duì Jīdiàn shuō , nǐ jì jiù wǒmen tuōlí Mǐdiàn rén de shǒu , yuàn nǐ hé nǐde ér sūn guǎnlǐ wǒmen .

Shìshījì 8:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:22

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon
Some time after his return, the chief men of Israel having met in a body, and consulted matters among themselves, sent a deputation to Gideon with an offer of the government of them:

rule thou over us, both thou and thy son, and thy son's son also;
by which they meant, that he would take the kingly government of them, and which they proposed to settle in his posterity for ages to come; for, as a judge in Israel, he had a sort of rule and government of them under God already, but amounted not to regal power and authority; and this was what the people of Israel were fond of, that they might be like their neighbours; and this they tempted Gideon with, who had done such very wonderful and extraordinary things for them, which they allege as a reason:

for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian;
from the bondage they were in to them, and therefore fit to be a king over them.

Shìshījì 8:22 In-Context

20 Yúshì duì tāde zhǎngzǐ yì tiĕ shuō , nǐ qǐlai shā tāmen . dàn yì tiĕ yīnwei shì tóngzǐ , haìpà , bú4 gǎn bá dāo .

21 Xībā hé sǎ mù ná shuō , nǐ zìjǐ qǐlai shā wǒmen ba . yīnwei rén rúhé , lìliang yĕ shì rúhé . Jīdiàn jiù qǐlai , shā le Xībā hé sǎ mù ná , duó huò tāmen luòtuo xiàng shàng daì de yuè yá quān .

22 Yǐsèliè rén duì Jīdiàn shuō , nǐ jì jiù wǒmen tuōlí Mǐdiàn rén de shǒu , yuàn nǐ hé nǐde ér sūn guǎnlǐ wǒmen .

23 Jīdiàn shuō , wǒ bù guǎnlǐ nǐmen , wǒde érzi yĕ bù guǎnlǐ nǐmen , wéiyǒu Yēhéhuá guǎnlǐ nǐmen .

24 Jīdiàn yòu duì tāmen shuō , wǒ yǒu yī jiàn shì qiú nǐmen , qǐng nǐmen gèrén jiāng suǒ duó de ĕr huán gĕi wǒ . yuánlái chóudí shì Yǐshímǎlì rén , dōu shì daì jīn ĕr huán de . )