# Gideon — Essays character guide

> Gideon in Essays by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-of-monarchy-and-hereditary-succession

## Who they are

Biblical judge who refused hereditary kingship, used as an example.

## In the story

### [Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_3_se/chapters/of-monarchy-and-hereditary-succession)

Biblical judge who refused kingship, asserting that only the Lord should rule, used by Paine as an example against monarchy.

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