Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

"Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

The men of E'phraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire."