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Judges 9:7

Judges 9:7

Showing verse 7 with surrounding context.
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And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.
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And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
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And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
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This being told to Joatham, he went, and stood on the top of Mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.
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The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
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And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?
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And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.
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