Quotes About Authority

the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

After Ehud was gone, Eglonís servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ëReign over us.í

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ëCome and reign over us.í

Then the trees said to the grapevine, ëCome and reign over us.í

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ëCome and reign over us.í

After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ëMuster your army and come out!í”

When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.

Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.