Shìshījì 8:23

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

Shìshījì 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:23

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you
Not that he declined the government of them as a judge, to which he was raised of God, but as a king, for which he had no authority and call from God; the choice of a king belonging to him, and not to the people:

neither shall my son rule over you;
which Abarbinel thinks he spake as a prophet, and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; for after his death neither Jether his eldest son, nor any of the rest of his legitimate sons, ruled over them; for they were all slain by Abimelech, the son of his concubine, who was made king:

the Lord shall rule over you;
as he did; their government was a theocracy, which they would have changed, but Gideon would not agree to it.

Shìshījì 8:23 In-Context

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 . )

25 Tāmen shuō , wǒmen qíngyuàn gĕi nǐ . jiù pū kāi yī jiàn waìyī , gèrén jiāng suǒ duó de ĕr huán diū zaì qí shàng .