6All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign you over us.
9But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
10The trees said to the fig-tree, Come you, and reign over us.
11But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
12The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
