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Geneva Study Bible - Judges 9:8

9:8 {e} The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.(e) By this parable he declares that those that are not ambitious, are most worthy of honour and that the ambitious abuse their honour both to their own destruction and others. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Judges 9:1-57

GIDEON TO JAIR ABIMELECH’S USURPATION (Judges 9:1-6 ) The close of the last lesson shows idolatry creeping into Israel, the fruit of which is reaped in the years following. God is forgotten and Gideon also (Judges 8:34-35 ), the meaning of the last verse being interpreted by the story of Abimelech. This Abimelech fraternized with his nearest of kin, the relatives of his mother’s side (Judges 9:1-3 ), a striking instance, as one says, of the evils of polygamy, where one son of a father has... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Judges 9:1-57

Abimelech The Bramble King Judges 9:0 IS Abimelech dead? Has he reappeared in our own days? Or after the devil made Abimelech did he throw the mould away? These questions are not difficult. We can easily determine them, either in the positive or in the negative. It would be something worth doing to be able to establish as a fact the absolute certainty of the death of Abimelech and all his progeny. But we must take the evidence as we find it, and abide by the issue to which it points, whatever... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 9:8-15

It was a very favorite way in the Eastern world, to deliver weighty subjects by parable. And hence, in accommodation to this general mode of instruction, our adorable Redeemer chiefly delivered his precious discourses, under the cover of similitudes; so much so indeed, that at one time without a parable Jesus did not speak unto them. See Matthew 13:34 . The figure of the tree chasing a king, and the nobler ones declining the station, while the bramble hastily caught at it, was plainly intended... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:8

Us. By this parable, Joatham expostulates with the men of Sichem, who had so basely requited the labours of Gedeon, and had given the preference to the son of a servant, who was of the most savage temper. (Haydock) --- In a spiritual sense, which the Fathers chiefly regard, heretics and schismatics act in this manner, and choose rather to be governed by those who will allow them to follow their passions, than by such governors as God has appointed, though the latter be endued with the grace of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:9

Leave. But, would this advancement prove any disadvantage? The king is bound to give himself up wholly for the good of the public, so that he must frequently be full of anxiety and care. (Calmet) --- Use of. The olive-tree is introduced, speaking in this manner, because oil was used, both in the worship of the true God, and in that of the false gods, whom the Sichemites served. (Challoner) --- The pagans burnt lamps in honour of their idols, and anointed their statues: unguentoque lares... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:11

Sweetness. The fig is the sweetest of fruits, and is regarded as the symbol of sweetness. (Aristop.[Aristophanes?]; Bonfrere) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Judges 9:7-21

7-21 There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was their King. Those who bear fruit for the public good, are justly respected and honoured by all that are wise, more than those who merely make a figure. All these fruit-trees gave much the same reason for their refusal to be promoted over the trees; or, as the margin reads it, to go up and down for the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 9:7-21

The Parable of Jotham v. 7. And when they told it, the entire story concerning the election of Abimelech, to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of Mount Gerizim, overlooking Shechem from the south, and lifted up his voice, and cried and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you, a summons after the manner of the prophets. Now follows his parable. v. 8. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, no special reason being given for this... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 9:1-21

FIFTH SECTIONThe Usurped Rule Of Abimelech, The Fratricide And Thorn-bush King.__________________The election and coronation of Abimelech. Jotham’s parable.Judges 9:1-21.1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with [spake unto] them, and with [unto] all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men [lords]1 of Shechem, Whether [Which] is better for you, either [omit: either] that all... read more

Geneva Study Bible - Judges 9:8

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Judges 9:1-57

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Judges 9:1-57

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 9:8-15

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:8

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:9

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 9:11

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Judges 9:7-21

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 9:7-21

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 9:1-21

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