 | Charles Baker - 1855 - 234 str.
...following parable ridiculed the choice of the men of Shechem, and the pretensions of Abimelech : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith... | |
 | Edwin H. Lake - 1855 - 328 str.
...parents." True: and so the trees are said to talk with each other ; and in the ninth of Judges we read, " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, and they nominated the olive-tree, the figtree and the vine to be their king," &c., but they severally declined... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 str.
...enough not to avow them, always subscribe themselves ' one of the People.' The perpetrators of this awful murder gave rise to the following parable :...to anoint a king over them, and they said unto the oliver-tree, Eeign thou over us.' " ' But the oliver-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 str.
...enough not to avow them, always subscribe themselves ' one of the People.' The perpetrators of this awful murder gave rise to the following parable :...to anoint a king over them, and they said unto the oliver-tree, Reign thou over us.' " ' But the oliver-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,... | |
 | 1856 - 552 str.
...monument of Hebrew literature, and another token and measure of the high culture of the times. JOTHAM'S PARABLE. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thon over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 str.
...of Jotham's admirable address on this occasion, in the way of protest, is in the form of a striking parable : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto In politic convention) put your trust In the shadow of a bramble, and, reclined In fancied peace beneath... | |
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 734 str.
...a quiet audience eagerly listening in the plain below. See the note on 1 Sam. xxvi. 13. 8. ' 77i« G ə z } o C = } /| ܗ~4*]2l \֊ etc. — Here we have the most ancient apologue extant ; and yet one so complete and l>eantiful as... | |
 | 1857 - 660 str.
...strictly speaking, but one complete one, in the Old. The complete fable is found in Judges 9 : 8-15 : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them, and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith... | |
 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 476 str.
...admirable address on this occasion,. in the way of protest, is in the form of a striking parable : " Th« trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto In politic convention) put your trust In the shadow of a bramble, and, reclined In fancied peace beneath... | |
 | 1914 - 1066 str.
...all other business. In the days of the Judges, Jotham shouted from the top of Mount Gerizim a pungent parable. 'The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them.' The useful trees declined the office because it interfered with their proper business. 'The olive tree... | |
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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?... 
