Judges 9:22
Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
In Context
21Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22
Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →