# the house

Here "house" represents a temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# seventy pieces of silver

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. Alternate translation: "almost one kilo of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])

# seventy

"70" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Baal-Berith

This is the name of a false god. See how you translated it in [Judges 8:33](../08/33.md).

# worthless and reckless

"violent and foolish"