Judges 9:14 meaning and explanation

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

Judges 9:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Jotham, the only surviving son of Gideon (called Jerubbaal), tells this parable to the leaders of Shechem who have just crowned his half-brother Abimelech king after slaughtering Gideon's seventy sons. In the story, the useful trees each decline the crown because they will not abandon the good fruit they give to God and people.

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