Judges 9:2-4

Jubilee Bible 2000

² Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, What would seem better unto you, that seventy persons reign over you, all the sons of Jerubbaal; or that one reign over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

³ And his mother’s brethren spoke for 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 seventy shekels of silver out of the house of Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light men who followed him.