 | William Warburton - 1765 - 498 pages
...ridicule in the whole apologue, fo muck of antiquity, I (hall need noexcufe for tranfcribing it : " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a " king over them, and they faid unto the olive*' tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive-tree " faid unto them, Should I leave... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pages
...made Abimelech king. * And when they told it to Jotham he went and stood in the top of Mount Gerizirn, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto...ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 pages
...done, had forsaken God, and lost all sense of justice and humanity, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, when they mere gathered together in a -valley below, on some festival, Hearkenr unto me, ye men o£... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 428 pages
...and cried, and said unto them, when they were gathered together in a valley below, on some festival, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may 'hearken unto you ; calling their attention in a very serious manner, and addressing them in a very beautiful fable or... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...ihe plain of ibc pillar that was in Shechem. me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 5. ...The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they faid unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over as. But theolive-tree (aid unto them, Should I leave my tatnefs,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Perizfon, and lifted up his voke 13 But it shall not be well with ihe wicked, neither...las daysT which are as a shadow ; because he fearet 071 a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1812 - 478 pages
...gods appeafed, who were ever thought concerned in fuch farprifing events. We read in Scripture, that the trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them : and theyfaid unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us, &c. Judges ix. 8. This, I fuppofe, will not be taken... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) - 1812 - 464 pages
...gods appeafed, who were ever thought concerned in fuch furprifing events. We read in Scripture, that the trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them : and theyfaid unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us, &c. Judges ix. 8. This, I fuppofe, will not be taken... | |
 | 1815 - 706 pages
...pillar that teas in Shechem. 7 And when they told it to Joiliiini. he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried,...Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken onto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - 1815 - 384 pages
...eradicate. Jotham went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried ; " Harkeu unto me ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive, Ice. Judges... | |
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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? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 
