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Richter 9:10

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10 Da sprachen die Bäume zum Feigenbaum: Komm du, sei König über uns!

Richter 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.

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Richter 9:10 In-Context

8 Einst gingen die Bäume hin, einen König über sich zu salben; und sie sprachen zum Olivenbaum: Sei König über uns!
9 Und der Olivenbaum sprach zu ihnen: Sollte ich meine Fettigkeit aufgeben, welche Götter und Menschen an mir preisen, und sollte hingehen, zu schweben über den Bäumen?
10 Da sprachen die Bäume zum Feigenbaum: Komm du, sei König über uns!
11 Und der Feigenbaum sprach zu ihnen: Sollte ich meine Süßigkeit aufgeben und meine gute Frucht, und sollte hingehen, zu schweben über den Bäumen?
12 Da sprachen die Bäume zum Weinstock: Komm du, sei König über uns!
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