Gideon refuses to become king
23.) And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
24.) And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a reqest of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25.) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey….
27.) And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and his house. Judges 8:23-25, 27
