23 But Gidʹe·on said to them: “I myself shall not rule over YOU, nor will my son rule over YOU.+ Jehovah is the one who will rule over YOU.”+

19 But YOU—today YOU have rejected YOUR God+ who was a savior to YOU out of all YOUR evils and YOUR distresses, and YOU went on to say: “No, but* a king is what you should put over us.” And now take YOUR stand before Jehovah by YOUR tribes+ and by YOUR thousands.’”*

12 When YOU saw that Naʹhash+ the king of the sons of Amʹmon had come against YOU, YOU kept saying to me, ‘No, but a king is what should reign over us!’+ all the while Jehovah YOUR God being YOUR King.+

22 For Jehovah is our Judge,+ Jehovah is our Statute-giver,+ Jehovah is our King;+ he himself will save us.+