THE Fig Tree
Due to its sweetness, the fruit of the fig tree is highly appreciated in the Near East. The tree with its deeply loped leaves is an ideal shade tree in the hot summer months.
Gen 3:7; Deut 8:8; Judg 9:10–11; 1 Kings 4:25; 2 Kings 18:31; Ps 105:33; Prov 27:18; Isa 34:4; Jer 5:17; 8:13; Hos 9:10; Joel 1:7, 1:12; 2:22; Micah 4:4; Zech 3:10; 1 Macc 14:12; Matt 21:19–21; Mark 11:13, 11:20–21; Luke 13:6–7; 21:29; John 1:48, 1:50; James 3:12; Rev 6:13
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