Judges 9:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. ”

Judges 9:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of the Old Testament, 2 Samuel 12:1-4 ; 2 Samuel 14:5-11 ;...
Judges 9:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 wo...
Judges 9:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jotham's Fable. Only in an apologue could Jotham, the sole survivor of Abimelech's massacre, express what was in his bitter, broken heart. The point of his fable is easily caught. His father and hi...
Judges 9:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The trees. This is pare allegory (App-6). The interpretation is local and historical. The application is dispensational. went forth. Verb, duplicated by Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6)...
Judges 9:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 271 JOTHAM’S PARABLE Judges 9:7-15 . And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken un...
Judges 9:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - This is the oldest, and without exception the best...
Judges 9:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king, &c.— We have here the most ancient example of the use of parables and apologues, to set forth the most serious matters and the most interesting...
Judges 9:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 - literally, 'went on going.'
Judges 9:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however,...
Judges 9:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The trees went forth. — As in this chapter we have the first Israelite “king” and the first massacre of brethren, so here we have the first fable. Fables are extremely popular in the East, where th...
Judges 9:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bramble King Judges 9:7-21 Men must have leadership. The reason lies deep in human nature. The French Revolutionaries destroyed the royal family, but Robespierre, Danton and Marat were prac...
Judges 9:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, f...
Judges 9:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 p...
Judges 9:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

KING BRAMBLE ‘The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.’ Judges 9:8 I. From the answer of the olive tree we learn tha...
Judges 9:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ,.... This is an apologue or fable, and a very fine and beautiful one; it is fitly expressed to answer the design, and the most ancient of t...
Judges 9:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. Ver. 8. The trees went forth on a time. ] An apologue or parable. The like where...
Judges 9:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The trees went forth on a time This is the first instance that we have of this manner of speaking by parables. But we find it in great use afterward, and frequently adopted, not by prophets only, b...
Judges 9:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ABIMELECH'SCONSPIRACY (vv. 1-6). Abimelech did not only forget his father's example, but deliberately chose a contrary path of proud self-pleasing. He wanted to rule over Israel and recognized t...
Judges 9:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jotham's Parable. B. C. 1209. 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood i...
Judges 9:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A parabolical discourse, usual among the ancients, especially in the eastern parts; wherein, under the names of trees, men are represented. To anoint a king, i.e. to make a king, which was oft done...
Judges 9:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“The trees went forth at one time to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘You reign over us.' But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they...
Judges 9:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ABIMELECH MADE KING Judges 9:1-21 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:1 . And Abimelech .] Some little time may have elapsed after Gideon’s death, so that the air was again filled with tendencies to i...
Judges 9:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 9:8-15 I. From the answer of the olive tree we learn that usefulness is better than honour. Usefulness, if it be of the higher kind, is attained through long growing and long striving. But...
Judges 9:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges...
Judges 9:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal. The election of the usurper to be king I. Contrasts in the history of God’s own people. After Gideon--Abimelech! II. The best of fathers may have the worst of...
Judges 9:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:7 On the top of Mount Gerizim . Mount Gerizim rises on the south-west side of Samaria or Shechem as a sheer rock about 800 feet in height, facing Mount Ebal, which is s...
Judges 9:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable of Jotham
Judges 9:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 14:9 ; Daniel 4:10-18 ; Ezekiel 17:3-10 ; Judges 8:22 ; Judges 8:23
Judges 9:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The trees, &c. — A parabolical discourse, usual among the ancients, especially in the eastern parts. To anoint — To make a king, which was done among the Israelites, and some others, with the c...

Judges 9:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 9:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 9:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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

Judges 9:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 9:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes