Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 9:9

9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness wherewith by me they honour God and man , and go to be promoted over the trees?

In whose Worship and Service Oyl was used for divers things; as, about the Lamps, Exod. 35. 14. and Offerings, Levit. 2. 6, 7. and for the anointing of Sacred Persons and Things.

For Oyl was used in the constitution of Kings, and Priests, and Prophets, and for a Present to great Persons, and to anoint the head and face, &c.

Heb. to move hither and thither, to wander to and fro, to exchange my sweet Tranquillity, for uncessant Cares and Travels for the good of others, as a King ought to do.

Marginal references: Psal. 104. 15.; Or, go up and down for other trees.