All the [a]leaders of Shechem and all [b]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the [c]oak of the memorial stone which was in Shechem.

Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of (A)Mount Gerizim, and raised his voice and called out. And he said to them, “Listen to me, you [d]leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. Once the trees went to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:6 Or landowners
  2. Judges 9:6 Or the house of Millo
  3. Judges 9:6 Or terebinth
  4. Judges 9:7 Or landowners

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