OLD TESTAMENT

Judges 9:14

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“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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Verse 14. Bramble. Septuagint rhamnos, “the white, or hawthorn.” Some suppose that atad means “a wild rose, (Vatab.) thistle,” and so forth Calmet.—It is here put for any base and ambitious man. Worthington.

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