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All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near the oak[a] of the pillar that is at Shechem.

And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and he cried out loud[b] and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

“The trees went certainly,
    to anoint a king over themselves.
And they said to the olive tree,
    ‘Rule over us.’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:6 Or “terebinth”
  2. Judges 9:7 Literally “he lifted his voice and called”