Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the house of Baal-berith—either the temple, or the place where this idol was worshipped; Baal-berith, "god of the covenant," by invocation of whom the league of cities was formed.
Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him—idle, worthless vagabonds, the scum of society, who had nothing to lose, but much to gain from the success of a revolutionary movement.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Judges 9:4:
Judges 9:1
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