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

(A)And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul,[a] gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him (B)about four hundred men.

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  1. 1 Samuel 22:2 Or discontented

All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered(A) around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.

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