1-2. Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to his uncles and all his mother’s relatives and said to them, “Ask all the leading men of Shechem, ‘What do you think is best, that seventy men rule you—all those sons of Jerub-Baal—or that one man rule? You’ll remember that I am your own flesh and blood.’”
10-11. The trees then said to Fig Tree,“You come and rule over us.”But Fig Tree said to them,“Am I no longer good for making sweets,My mouthwatering sweet fruits,and to be demoted to waving over trees?”