 | 1853 - 1110 pages
...Shechem yl Sam. 16. 14. &. 18. 9, 10. See 1 Kings 12 15. & 22. 22. 2 Chr. 10. k See 2 Kings 14. 9. 8 k hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her ho z dealt treacherously with Abimelech : 24 aThat the cruelty done to the 15. &. 18. 19, &c. Is. 19.... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1853 - 650 pages
...inhabitants of Shechem, for making such a worthless man as Abimelech their king. "The trees," said he, "went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us ; but the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | James Talboys Wheeler - 1853 - 400 pages
...apologue, which is the earliest recorded in Scripture. Judg. ix. 1 — 7. 284 Parable of the Trees. — " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, but the olive refused to leave its oil, the fig tree its sweetness, and the vine tree its wine [thus... | |
 | 1853 - 764 pages
...unto them, 8 Hearken unto me, ye men of Sheehem, that God may hearken unto you. 'The trees went forth3 ty unto the 9 olive tree, ^ Beign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1872 - 522 pages
...tooth, or his eye. Kule 26. — Parable, or Allegory 5t?o). Thus when it is said in Judges ix. 8, that " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us ; " it does not mean the trees, but that Israel said to Othniel,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 388 pages
...differs from human invention. The only two fables in the word of God are contained in Judges ix. 8: « The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them: and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 396 pages
...differs from human invention. The only two fables in the word of God are contained in Judges ix. 8 : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - 1854 - 316 pages
...his voice, and cried, and said, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1855 - 234 pages
...following parable ridiculed the choice of the men of Shechem, and the pretensions of Abimelech : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | 1855 - 902 pages
...beauty shall be as the olive tree." In the parable of Jotham this tree receives the first honor : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tr?e said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?... 
