33 And it came about that as soon as Gidʹe·on had died the sons of Israel again took up having* immoral intercourse with the Baʹals,+ so that they appointed Baʹal-beʹrith as their god.*+
4 Then they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baʹal-beʹrith,+ and with them A·bimʹe·lech proceeded to hire idle and insolent men,+ that they might accompany him.