Judges 8:23

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”^[a]

Footnotes

8.23 It appears from the sequel that Gideon did in fact become a king even if he refused the title; but the idea of an hereditary monarchy was still unacceptable, as the following history of Abimelech shows.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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