Judges 9:4 (KJV)

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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

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house. Jud 9:46-49 Jud 8:33

vain, etc.{Anashim raikim oophochozim,} "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about. Jud 11:3 1Sa 22:2 2Ch 13:7 Job 30:8 Pr 12:11 Ac 17:5

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