Verse 4
4. They gave him As a tribute to royalty, and to enable him to hire a body-guard and provide himself with the emblems of royalty.
Threescore and ten pieces of silver Silver shekels are probably meant, and this number would amount to about forty dollars.
House of Baal-berith The edifice or temple which the Shechemites had built for the worship of this heathen deity. Great treasure was usually laid up in such temples, and not unfrequently applied to political purposes. Compare 1 Kings 15:18.
The treasures of Baal were thought to be well appropriated to the use of him who essayed to destroy the sons of Jerubbaal, the Baal-fighter. There was one piece of silver to each of the seventy sons of the Baal-destroyer.
Vain and light persons Loose and desperate characters, who were alike ready for the lowest meanness and the darkest crimes.
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