07:009:007 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 unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may
           hearken unto you.

07:009:008 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and
           they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

07:009:009 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?

07:009:010 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over
           us.

07:009:011 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my
           sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the
           trees?

07:009:012 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over
           us.

07:009:013 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which
           cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

07:009:014 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign
           over us.

07:009:015 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me
           king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow:  and
           if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the
           cedars of Lebanon.

07:009:016 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, 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;

07:009:017 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far,
           and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 

07:009:018 And 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 maidservant,
           king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

07:009:019 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and
           with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let
           him also rejoice in you: 

07:009:020 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the
           men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out
           from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and
           devour Abimelech.

07:009:021 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt
           there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

07:009:022 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

07:009:023 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of
           Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with
           Abimelech: