6. Then all of the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree standing in Shechem. There they made Abimelech their king.
7. When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted to the people: “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God will listen to you!
8. One day the trees decided to appoint a king to rule over them. They said to the olive tree, ‘You be king over us!’
9. “But the olive tree said, ‘Men and gods are honored by my oil. Should I stop making it and go and sway over the other trees?’
10. “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be king over us!’