Judges 9:8
Context9:8 “The trees were determined to go out 1 and choose a king for themselves. 2 They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ 3
Judges 2:17
Context2:17 But they did not obey 4 their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped 5 them. They quickly turned aside from the path 6 their ancestors 7 had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they did not. 8


[9:8] 1 tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”
[9:8] 2 tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”
[2:17] 4 tn Or “did not listen to.”
[2:17] 5 tn Or “bowed before.”
[2:17] 6 tn Or “way [of life].”
[2:17] 8 tn Heb “…walked, obeying the