Judges 9:8-15
8 aThe trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, b‘Reign over us.’ 9But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?’ 10And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 11But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’ 12And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 13But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that ccheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’ 14Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 15And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and dtake refuge in my shade, but if not, elet fire come out of the bramble and devour fthe cedars of Lebanon.’2 Samuel 12:1-3
Nathan Rebukes David
1And the Lord sent gNathan to David. He came to him and said to him, h“There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, ▼▼Hebrew bosom; also verse 8
and it was like a daughter to him.
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