Holy Scripture
Judges 9:8
A church father on this verse
“But lest I should appear to some to be sophistical, and to conjecture these things from mere probabilities, and to babble, I will bring forward to you, O virgins, from the Old Testament, written prophecy from the book of Judges, to show that I speak the truth, where the future reign of chastity was already clearly for…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us.
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6And all the men of Shechem, and all the house of Beth-millo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of Sedition, which was at Shechem.
7And it was reported to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Shechem, and God shall hear you.
— Judges 9:8 —
9But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come, reign over us.