And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, {Nay}, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he {is} your brother;)

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

For God {is} my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God {is} with him, and the shout of a king {is} among them.

For the LORD {is} our judge, the LORD {is} our lawgiver, the LORD {is} our king; he will save us. {lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker}

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

I will be thy king: where {is any other} that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? {I will...: rather, Where is thy king?}

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, {Nay}, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: {and} meddle not with them that are given to change: {them...: Heb. changers}

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; {but} they did not so.

Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, {and} go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

Likewise when all the Jews that {were} in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that {were} in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment {was of} fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.