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Jueces 8:22

Listen to Jueces 8:22
22 Y los hombres de Israel dijeron a Gedeón: Reina sobre nosotros, tú y tus hijos, y también el hijo de tu hijo, porque nos has librado de la mano de Madián.

Jueces 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.

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Jueces 8:22 In-Context

20 Y dijo a Jeter su primogénito: Levántate y mátalos. Pero el joven no sacó la espada porque tenía temor, pues todavía era muchacho.
21 Entonces Zeba y Zalmuna dijeron: Levántate tú y cae sobre nosotros; porque como es el hombre, así es su fortaleza. Y se levantó Gedeón y mató a Zeba y a Zalmuna, y tomó los adornos de media luna que sus camellos llevaban al cuello.
22 Y los hombres de Israel dijeron a Gedeón: Reina sobre nosotros, tú y tus hijos, y también el hijo de tu hijo, porque nos has librado de la mano de Madián.
23 Pero Gedeón les dijo: No reinaré sobre vosotros, ni tampoco reinará sobre vosotros mi hijo; el SEÑOR reinará sobre vosotros.
24 Les dijo también Gedeón: Quisiera pediros que cada uno de vosotros me dé un zarcillo de su botín (pues tenían zarcillos de oro, porque eran ismaelitas).
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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