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 leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.

Vain, etc

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows gathered themselves about Jephthah, and they went out with him.

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him.

and worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when

he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.

“Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense.

But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.