Judges 9:4

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Summary

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

House

Judges 9:46

Judges 8:33

Vain, etc

Bible References

House

When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

When Gideon died, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.

Vain, etc

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Then some lawless men joined Jephthah and traveled with him.

In addition, every man who was desperate, in debt, or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About 400 men were with him.

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them.

Foolish men, without even a name.
They were forced to leave the land.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.