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Judges 9:4

וַיִּתְּנוּ ־ לוֹ שִׁבְעִים כֶּסֶף מִבֵּית בַּעַל בְּרִית וַיִּשְׂכֹּר בָּהֶם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וּפֹחֲזִים וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֲחֵֽי ־ אִמּוֹ עָלָיו בְּאָזְנֵי כָּל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם אֵת כָּל ־ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּט לִבָּם אַחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ כִּי אָמְרוּ אָחִינוּ הֽוּא ׃

5וַיָּבֹא בֵית ־ אָבִיו עָפְרָתָה וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת ־ אֶחָיו בְּנֵֽי ־ יְרֻבַּעַל שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ עַל ־ אֶבֶן אֶחָת וַיִּוָּתֵר יוֹתָם בֶּן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל הַקָּטֹן כִּי נֶחְבָּֽא ׃ ס

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Cross References

Judges 9:27וַיֵּצְאוּ הַשָּׂדֶה וַֽיִּבְצְרוּ אֶת ־ כַּרְמֵיהֶם וַֽיִּדְרְכוּ וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ הִלּוּלִים וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית אֱ‍ֽלֹֽהֵיהֶם וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַֽיְקַלְלוּ אֶת ־ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ ׃

Judges 11:3וַיִּבְרַח יִפְתָּח מִפְּנֵי אֶחָיו וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ טוֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּטוּ אֶל ־ יִפְתָּח אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וַיֵּצְאוּ עִמּֽוֹ ׃ פ

2 Chronicles 13:7וַיִּקָּבְצוּ עָלָיו אֲנָשִׁים רֵקִים בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצוּ עַל ־ רְחַבְעָם בֶּן ־ שְׁלֹמֹה וּרְחַבְעָם הָיָה נַעַר וְרַךְ ־ לֵבָב וְלֹא הִתְחַזַּק לִפְנֵיהֶֽם ׃

Proverbs 12:11עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:2-7

The Usurpation of Abimelech. ( b. c. 1209.) 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in… Read the whole commentary →

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