“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.”
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son — The people offer Gideon kingship (מְשֹׁל, meshol). The three-generation formula imagines dynastic rule. This is the great temptation: Gideon has delivered militarily and punished covenant-breakers.
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