8One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'
8One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'
5 He went to his father's home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.
6 Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelech king.
7 When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
8 One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'
9 "But the olive tree answered, 'Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and men are honored, to hold sway over the trees?'
10 "Next, the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and be our king.'
9:8The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
9:8'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us.