Judges 9:15 meaning and explanation

But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Judges 9:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Jotham, the one surviving son of Gideon, tells this parable to the leaders of Shechem who have just crowned his murderous half-brother Abimelech. In the story, useful trees decline to rule, and the worthless thornbush accepts.

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