Judges 9:15

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Judges 9:15 — American Standard Version

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Context — Judges 9

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12And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

13And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

16Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands

17(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

18and ye are risen up against my father`s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

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