Politics · 23 · The Hero

'I will not rule over you'

Offered kingship, Gideon refuses: neither he nor his son will rule; God rules. But his later actions belie his words.

Rejecting a crown in words, not deeds.

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His son is Abimelek, whose name means 'my father is king.'

Bible reference: Judges 8:22–23

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 371

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