6 Then all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the families of the city of Millo, and they went and appointed Abimelech as king, beside the oak that stood at Shechem.
7 When this had been reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim. And lifting up his voice, he cried out and said: 'Listen to me, men of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
8 The trees went to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
9 And it responded, 'How could I abandon my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, and depart to be promoted among the trees?'
10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and accept royal power over us.'
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