“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.”
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 — Shechem's temple of Baal-berith funds Abimelech's conspiracy with 70 pieces of silver (the exact number of Gideon's sons, suggesting full payment for their lives). He recruits 'vain and light persons' (אֲנָשִׁים רֵקִים וּפֹחֲזִים, anashim reqim u-pochazim), rootless brigands. Religious institutions finance political violence.
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