Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us. the trees. 2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle. Ezekiel 17:3 And say: Thus saith the Lord God; A large eagle with great wings, long-limbed, full of feathers, and of variety, came to Libanus, and took away the marrow of the cedar. Daniel 4:10 I saw in the vision of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy one came down from heaven. olive tree. Judges 8:22,23 And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us, and thy son, and thy son's son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian. . . . Context Jotham's Parable7This being told to Joatham, he went, and stood on the top of Mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you. 8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.9And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?… Cross References Judges 9:7 This being told to Joatham, he went, and stood on the top of Mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you. Judges 9:9 And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees? 2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle. 2 Chronicles 25:18 But he sent back the messengers, saying: The thistle that is in Libanus, sent to the cedar in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and behold the beasts that were in the wood of Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle. Lexicon One day the treesהָעֵצִ֔ים (hā·‘ê·ṣîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood set out הָל֤וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk to anoint לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ (lim·šō·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint a king מֶ֑לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king for themselves. עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against They said וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to the olive tree, לַזַּ֖יִת (laz·za·yiṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry ‘Reign מָלְכָ֥ה (mā·lə·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over us.’ עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against Additional Translations One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us. The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' 'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us. 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