And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of (A)Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired (B)worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.

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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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Footnotes

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

46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered (A)the stronghold of the house of (B)El-berith.

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46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple(A) of El-Berith.

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