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Jotham's Fable
Jotham's Fable is the story recorded in Judges 9:7-21 that Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, told the men of Shechem from the top of Mount Gerizim. In it the trees seek to anoint a king over themselves. The useful trees decline, and only the bramble offers to become king.
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- Olive TreeBible
The olive tree is an evergreen fruit tree of the Mediterranean world and the land of Canaan. In Scripture it serves as an image of anointing, of the flourishing of God's people, and of the relationship between Israel and the Gentiles.
- 2 Kings 16Bible
2 Kings 16 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Attacked by Aram and Israel, Ahaz appeals to Assyria for help and sends tribute. He then has an altar built on the model of one he saw in Damascus and alters the altar and furnishings of the Jerusalem temple.
- Jotham (son of Gideon)People
Jotham was the youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) and appears in Judges 9. He alone survived when his brother Abimelech killed their brothers, and from Mount Gerizim he proclaimed the "parable of the bramble" to rebuke the men of Shechem.
- JothamPeople
Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.
- AhazPeople
Ahaz was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC, the son of Jotham and the father of Hezekiah. Scripture records him as a king who introduced pagan worship and relied on Assyria. He received Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7:14).
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