This fable and the one mentioned in the margin are the only two of their kind found in Scripture. The parables of the Old Testament are somewhat di…

Adventured his life. —Literally, as in the margin, cast his life (Septuagint, εῤῥιψε), like the Latin projicere vitam…

For my father fought for you
In the valley of Jezreel, and at Karkor, where with three hundred men he routed and des…

There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king; they are all the trees of the Lord that He has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel…