Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Interpretation
Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.
Glossary
- Midian Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Al Bad.