Verse 4

And they gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him threescore and ten{H7657} pieces of silver{H3701} out of the house{H1004} of Baalberith{H1170}, wherewith Abimelech{H40} hired{H7936}{(H8799)} vain{H7386} and light{H6348}{(H8802)} persons{H582}, which followed{H3212}{(H8799)} him{H310}.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 8:33 : 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon{H1439} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} turned again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and went a whoring{H2181}{(H8799)} after{H310} Baalim{H1168}, and made{H7760}{(H8799)} Baalberith{H1170} their god{H430}.
  • Judg 11:3 : 3 Then Jephthah{H3316} fled{H1272}{(H8799)} from{H6440} his brethren{H251}, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Tob{H2897}: and there were gathered{H3950}{(H8691)} vain{H7386} men{H582} to Jephthah{H3316}, and went out{H3318}{(H8799)} with him.
  • 2 Chr 13:7 : 7 And there are gathered{H6908}{(H8735)} unto him vain{H7386} men{H582}, the children{H1121} of Belial{H1100}, and have strengthened{H553}{(H8691)} themselves against Rehoboam{H7346} the son{H1121} of Solomon{H8010}, when Rehoboam{H7346} was young{H5288} and tenderhearted{H7390}{H3824}, and could not withstand{H2388}{(H8694)} them{H6440}.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But{G1161} the Jews{G2453} which believed not{G544}{(G5723)}, moved with envy{G2206}{(G5660)},{G2532} took unto them{G4355}{(G5642)} certain{G5100} lewd{G4190} fellows{G435} of the baser sort{G60}, and{G2532} gathered a company{G3792}{(G5660)}, and set all{G2350} the city{G4172} on an uproar{G2350}{(G5707)}, and{G5037} assaulted{G2186}{(G5631)} the house{G3614} of Jason{G2394}, and sought{G2212}{(G5707)} to bring{G71}{(G5629)} them{G846} out{G1519} to the people{G1218}.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth{H5647}{(H8802)} his land{H127} shall be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with bread{H3899}: but he that followeth{H7291}{(H8764)} vain{H7386} persons is void{H2638} of understanding{H3820}.
  • Job 30:8 : 8 They were children{H1121} of fools{H5036}, yea, children{H1121} of base men{H8034}: they were viler{H5217}{(H8738)} than the earth{H776}.
  • 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 And every one{H376} that was in distress{H4689}, and every one{H376} that was in debt{H5378}{(H8801)}, and every one{H376} that was discontented{H4751}{H5315}, gathered{H6908}{(H8691)} themselves unto him; and he became a captain{H8269} over them: and there were with him about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men{H376}.
  • Judg 9:46-49 : 46 And when all the men{H1167} of the tower{H4026} of Shechem{H7927} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that, they entered{H935}{(H8799)} into an hold{H6877} of the house{H1004} of the god{H410} Berith{H1286}. 47 And it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} Abimelech{H40}, that all the men{H1167} of the tower{H4026} of Shechem{H7927} were gathered together{H6908}{(H8694)}. 48 And Abimelech{H40} gat him up{H5927}{(H8799)} to mount{H2022} Zalmon{H6756}, he and all the people{H5971} that were with him; and Abimelech{H40} took{H3947}{(H8799)} an axe{H7134} in his hand{H3027}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8799)} a bough{H7754} from the trees{H6086}, and took{H5375}{(H8799)} it, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} it on his shoulder{H7926}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971} that were with him, What ye have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} me do{H6213}{(H8804)}, make haste{H4116}{(H8761)}, and do{H6213}{(H8798)} as I{H3644} have done. 49 And all the people{H5971} likewise cut down{H3772}{(H8799)} every man{H376} his bough{H7754}, and followed{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} Abimelech{H40}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} them to the hold{H6877}, and set{H3341}{(H8686)} the hold{H6877} on fire{H784} upon them; so that all the men{H582} of the tower{H4026} of Shechem{H7927} died{H4191}{(H8799)} also, about a thousand{H505} men{H376} and women{H802}.