Judges 9:8 KJV — MannaFest

Judges 9:8

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

KJV

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ASV

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

WEB

One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

YLT

`The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

DBT

The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.

About this book

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Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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11 verses on the floor

2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Romans 11:17
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
2 Chronicles 25:18
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

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The trees, &c. - A parabolical discourse, usual among the ancients, especially in the eastern parts. To anoint - To make a king, which was done among the Israelites, and some others, with the ceremony of anointing.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Parallel Daniel 4:10
SATELLITE ('Trees and Kings'). Jotham's fable - the trees (olive, fig, vine, bramble) seek a king and only the worthless bramble accepts - set against Daniel 4's world-tree felled: two parables on kingship and trees, one satirical, one apocalyptic.
MT-ASV; H6086

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H213238× in canon H6086328× in canon H4427348× in canon

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