Judges 9:7-9

Names of God Bible

Jotham’s Story

⁷When Jotham was told about this, he went to a high spot on Mount Gerizim. He shouted to them, “Listen to me, you citizens of Shechem, so that Elohim might listen to you.

⁸“The trees went to anoint someone to be king over them.
    They said to the olive tree,
        ‘Be our king!’
⁹But the olive tree responded,
    ‘Should I stop producing oil,
        which people use to honor gods and humans,
            in order to rule the trees?’