Judges 9:10

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come 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 once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us. ’

9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees? ’

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us. ’

11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees? ’

12 And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us. ’