Judges 9:8 · WEB
“The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'”
— Judges 9:8
Speaker
Jotham
Era
Judges (~1200 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
parable
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