And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which is in Shechem;

'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

'And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.

and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he is your brother --