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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

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

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