Judges 9:8-10

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ One day the trees went to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, “Be king over us.” ⁹ But the olive tree said to them, “Should I stop producing my rich oil, with which both God and men are honored, to go and sway over the other trees?”

¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree, “Come, you be king over us.”