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They also gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless men and outlaws as his followers.

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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

He was joined by all those in difficulties or in debt, or embittered,[a] and became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

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  1. 22:2 Embittered: Hebrew mar-nephesh, “bitter of spirit,” used of Hannah, deprived of a child, in 1:10, and of David’s soldiers, whose women and children the Amalekites had seized (30:6). Cf. also 2 Sm 17:8. David becomes a hero for those who have endured loss or deprivation.

All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered(A) around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.

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