Judges 9:7-9

International Children’s Bible

Jotham’s Story

⁷ When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. Jotham shouted to the people: “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem. Then God may listen to you! ⁸ One day the trees decided to appoint a king to rule over them. They said to the olive tree, ‘You be king over us!’

⁹ “But the olive tree said, ‘Men and gods are honored by my oil. Should I stop making it just to go and sway over the other trees?’