Judges 9:11 meaning and explanation
But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
Judges 9:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Jotham, the only surviving son of Jerubbaal, tells this parable from Mount Gerizim to the leaders of Shechem, who have just crowned his murderous brother Abimelech king. In the story the trees invite the fig tree to reign, but it refuses, asking whether it should give up its sweetness and good fruit merely to hold sway.
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