Judges 9:10

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, `Come thou, and reign over us.'

Judges 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:10

And the trees said to the fig tree
Another useful and fruit bearing tree, and to which also good men are sometimes compared, see ( Song of Solomon 2:13 ) ,

come thou, and reign over us:
which Jarchi applies to Deborah, but may be better applied to one of Gideon's sons, who, though they had not a personal offer of kingly government themselves, yet it was made to them through their father, and refused, as for himself, so for them; and had it been offered to them, they would have rejected it, as Jotham seems to intimate by this parable.

Judges 9:10 In-Context

8 The trees went forth once to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, `Reign thou over us.'

9 But the olive tree said unto them, `Should I leave my fatness, withwhich by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?'

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, `Come thou, and reign over us.'

11 But the fig tree said unto them, `Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?'

12 Then said the trees unto the vine, `Come thou, and reign over us.'