And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of (A)Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, and they 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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  1. Judges 9:4 That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams

27 So they went out to the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trampled them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of (A)their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

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27 After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden(A) them, they held a festival in the temple of their god.(B) While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.

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46 When all the [a]leaders of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber of the [b]temple of (A)El-berith.

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  1. Judges 9:46 Or landowners
  2. Judges 9:46 Lit house

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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