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# His mother's relatives spoke for him to the leaders
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This means that the relatives of the mother of Abimelech spoke to the leaders, suggesting that they make Abimelech their king.
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# they agreed to follow Abimelech
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"they agreed to let Abimelech be their leader"
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# the house
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Here "house" represents a temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# seventy pieces of silver
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This means seventy shekels of silver. A shekel weighs 11 grams. If it is necessary to translate this with modern measurements, you can translate it like this. AT: "almost one kilo of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
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# seventy
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"70" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Baal-Berith
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This is the name of a false god. See how you translated it in [Judges 8:33](../08/32.md).
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# lawless and reckless
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"violent and foolish"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shechem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abimelech]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lawless]] |