Judges 9:10

10 "Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and be king 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 One day the trees decided to appoint a king to rule over them. They said to the olive tree, 'You be king over us!'

9 "But the olive tree said, 'Men and gods are honored by my oil. Should I stop making it and go and sway over the other trees?'

10 "Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and be king over us!'

11 "But the fig tree answered, 'Should I stop making my sweet and good fruit and go and sway over the other trees?'

12 "Then the trees said to the vine, 'Come and be king over us!'