Story · 23 · The Hero
Seventy pieces of silver
Abimelek uses seventy pieces of silver from a temple to hire reckless thugs, then burns Shechem, killing nearly a thousand people, in his quest for kingship.
Violence for power.
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He's on his way to becoming Israel's first king when a woman stops him.
Bible reference: Judges 9:4, 49
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 366
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