Judges 9:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith.  Abimelech used it to hire worthless and reckless men, and they followed him.

Cross References

Judges 8:33

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

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men 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.

2 Chronicles 13:7

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.

Judges 11:3

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob.  Then some worthless men joined Jephthah and went on raids with him.

Proverbs 12:11

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

Job 30:8

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

1 Samuel 22:2

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

2 Samuel 6:20

When David returned home to bless his household,  Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. ‘How the king of Israel honoured himself today! ’ she said. ‘He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.’

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless   – treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.

Judges 9:27

So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration.  Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.