Judges 9:8-10

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⁸ The trees once went out
    to anoint a king over themselves.
So they said to the olive tree,
    ‘Reign over us.’
⁹ The olive tree answered them,
    ‘Shall I stop producing my rich oil
        by which gods and mortals are honored
        and go to sway over the trees?’
¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’