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.

27 And they went out as usual into the field and engaged in gathering the grapes of their vineyards and in treading them and in carrying on a festal exultation,+ after which they went into the house of their god+ and ate and drank+ and called down evil+ upon A·bimʹe·lech.