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Judges 9:6-8
Amplified Bible
Judges 9:6-8
Amplified Bible
6 All the men of Shechem and all of [a]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak (terebinth) of the pillar (memorial stone) at Shechem.
7 When they told Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Hear me, O men of Shechem, so that God may hear you. 8 [b]Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’
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- Judges 9:6 Or the house of Millo.
- Judges 9:8 This riveting speech in which inanimate objects (trees, a vine, a bush) are personified is the first of only a few fables recorded in the Bible. It ends with a curse (v 20) which is fulfilled at the end of the chapter.
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