KJV King James Version
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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Judges 9:4
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
WEB World English Bible
They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
ASV American Standard Version
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;
Surrounding context — Judges 9
1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.
3 And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He [is] our brother.
4 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.
5 And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.
7 And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
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וַיִּתְּנוּ־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyמִבֵּ֖יתּH1004 · betplaceבַ֣עַלH1170 · ba.al be.ritBaal-berithבְּרִ֑יתH1170 · ba.al be.ritBaal-berithוַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨רH7936 · sa.kharto hireבָּהֶ֜םH9038 · hemthemאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechאֲנָשִׁ֤יםH582 · e.noshhumanרֵיקִים֙H7386 · reqworthlessוּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔יםH6348 · pa.chazbe recklessוַיֵּלְכ֖וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאַחֲרָֽיו׃H310 · a.charafter
Cross-references
Judges 8:33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.2 Chronicles 13:7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.Judges 9:46-49And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.Job 30:8[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.1 Samuel 22:2And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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