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They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous[a] men as his followers.[b]

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  1. Judges 9:4 tn Heb “empty and reckless.”
  2. Judges 9:4 tn Heb “and they followed him.”

They gave him seventy shekels[a] of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith,(A) and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels,(B) who became his followers.

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  1. Judges 9:4 That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams