Jueces 8:22

Listen to Jueces 8:22
22 El efod sagrado de Gede贸n
Entonces los israelitas dijeron a Gede贸n:
鈥斅obi茅rnanos! T煤 y tu hijo y tu nieto ser谩n nuestros gobernantes, porque nos has rescatado de Madi谩n.

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 Volvi茅ndose a Jeter, su hijo mayor, le dijo:
鈥斅谩talos!
Pero Jeter no sac贸 la espada, porque era apenas un muchacho y ten铆a miedo.
21 Entonces Zeba y Zalmuna le dijeron a Gede贸n:
鈥斅茅 hombre! 隆M谩tanos t煤 mismo!
Entonces Gede贸n los mat贸 a los dos y tom贸 los adornos reales que sus camellos llevaban en el cuello.
22 El efod sagrado de Gede贸n
Entonces los israelitas dijeron a Gede贸n:
鈥斅obi茅rnanos! T煤 y tu hijo y tu nieto ser谩n nuestros gobernantes, porque nos has rescatado de Madi谩n.
23 Pero Gede贸n respondi贸:
鈥擸o no los gobernar茅 ni tampoco mi hijo. 隆El Se帽or
los gobernar谩!
24 Sin embargo, tengo una petici贸n que hacerles: que cada uno de ustedes me d茅 un arete del bot铆n que recogieron de sus enemigos ca铆dos.
(Como los enemigos eran ismaelitas, todos usaban aretes de oro).
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