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and they gave him 70 silver coins from the temple that they had built to[a] Baal-berith. Abimelech hired some worthless and useless men, who followed him to his father’s house in Ophrah. There he murdered his own brothers, Jerubbaal’s sons—all 70 of them—in one place.[b] But Jerubbaal’s youngest son Jotham survived by hiding himself.

All the men from Shechem and Beth-millo[c] gathered together and set up Abimelech as king near the pillar erected[d] in Shechem.

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  1. Judges 9:4 Lit. temple of
  2. Judges 9:5 Lit. them—on one stone
  3. Judges 9:6 Or and from the household of Rampart; and so throughout the chapter
  4. Judges 9:6 I.e. a cultic object of worship

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. He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(C) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(D) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(E) Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo(F) gathered beside the great tree(G) at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.

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