Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Rule thou

Judges 9:8
The trees went out to anoint a king over them. They said to the olive tree: 'Be our king.'
1 Samuel 8:5
They said: You are an old man. You set a good example for your sons. But they have not followed it. Now we want a king to be our leader like all the other nations. Choose one for us!
1 Samuel 12:12
But when you saw that King Nahash of Ammon was about to attack you, you rejected Jehovah as your king. You said to me: 'We want a (human) king to rule us.'
John 6:15
Jesus knew that they were about to take him by force and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.