Judges 9:6-8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶Then all the citizens of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

⁷When they told Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim,^(A) raised his voice, and called to them:

Listen to me, citizens of Shechem,
and may God listen to you:

⁸The trees decided
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)