4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
[AD 1781] Richard Challoner on Judges 9:4
Baalberith: That is, Baal of the covenant, so called from the covenant they had made with Baal, chap. 8. 33.