Verse 8
Judges 9:8
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָל֤וֹךְ הָֽלְכוּ֙ הָ/עֵצִ֔ים לִ/מְשֹׁ֥חַ עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מֶ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ לַ/זַּ֖יִת מלוכ/ה מָלְכָ֥/ה עָלֵֽי/נוּ
English Translation
The trees went to anoint a king over themselves, and they said to the olive tree, "Reign over us."
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Chapter 9 Context
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And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them,...
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Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the so...
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And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and th...
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And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abi...
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And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being th...
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And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and m...
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And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his vo...
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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign...
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But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God (Elohim...
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And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to a...
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And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God (Elohim) and man, and go...
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Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
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And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refu...
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Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye...
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(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
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and ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten...
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if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice y...
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but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;...
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And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
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And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
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And God (Elohim) sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Sheche...
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that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood...
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And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all t...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem pu...
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And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festiv...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is no...
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And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimele...
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And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
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And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethre...
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Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
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and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon...
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And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against S...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech...
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And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the...
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And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one compan...
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Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should...
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And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entranc...
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And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell...
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
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And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he lo...
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And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of th...
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And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that w...
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And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the...
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And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
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And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech to...
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And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to th...
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Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they o...
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And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower t...
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And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.
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Then he called hastily unto the young man his armor-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and k...
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And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
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Thus God (Elohim) requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his...
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and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God (Elohim) requite upon their heads: and upon the...
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