Judges 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. ”

Judges 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9. The Kingship and Fall of Abimelech. The story of Gideon's half-Canaanite son does not equal the finest parts of the book in dramatic interest, but the glimpse which it affords of the rela...
Judges 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

light . rash. persons. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
Judges 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. Threescore and ten pieces of silver - Pro...
Judges 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. The house of Baal-berith - either t...
Judges 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however,...
Judges 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pieces. — Rather, shekels, which is the word normally understood in similar phrases ( Judges 8:26 ). “Neither the citizens of Shechem nor the ignobly-ambitious bastard understood what true monarc...
Judges 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-57 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion follows on h...
Judges 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Through Slaughter to a Throne” Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-6 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show ki...
Judges 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, f...
Judges 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Take notice, how the scheme was carried on. It began in man ' s ambition, unauthorized by God, and was kept up by bribes from an idol. Thus laid in sin; what can the end be but vanity and vexation of...
Judges 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baalbirith ,.... The temple of their idol; of this name Judges 8:33 , out of the money which had been dedicated to his service by fre...
Judges 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. Ver. 4. And they gave him threescore a...
Judges 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver To bear the charges which he would be put to in making good his pretensions. It is not said what the value of these pieces was: so many shekels wou...
Judges 9:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ABIMELECH'SCONSPIRACY (vv. 1-6). Abimelech did not only forget his father's example, but deliberately chose a contrary path of proud self-pleasing. He wanted to rule over Israel and recognized t...
Judges 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Usurpation of Abimelech. B. C. 1209. 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Sh...
Judges 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Threescore and ten, agreeably to the number of his enemies, Gideon's seventy sons. Pieces of silver; not shekels, as some fancy, which were too small a sum for this purpose; but far larger pieces...
Judges 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons who followed him.' The house of Baal-berith may well be the Temple f...
Judges 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ABIMELECH MADE KING Judges 9:1-21 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:1 . And Abimelech .] Some little time may have elapsed after Gideon’s death, so that the air was again filled with tendencies to i...
Judges 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges...
Judges 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal. The election of the usurper to be king I. Contrasts in the history of God’s own people. After Gideon--Abimelech! II. The best of fathers may have the worst of...
Judges 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:1 The son of Jerubbaal . Throughout this chapter Gideon is spoken of by the name of Jerubbaal. There must be some cause for this. The simplest and most probable cause i...
Judges 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Becomes King
Judges 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:2 ; 2 Chronicles 13:7 ; Acts 17:5 ; Job 30:8 ; Judges 11:3 ; Judges 8:33 ; Judges 9:46-49 ; Proverbs 12:11
Judges 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pieces of silver — Not shekels, which were too small a sum for this purpose; but far larger pieces, the exact worth whereof it is not possible for us now to know. The house of Baal — berith — Out o...

Judges 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes