Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 9:4

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.

Agreeably to the number of his Enemies, Gideon's 70 Sons.

Not Shekels, as some fancy, which were too small a Sum for this purpose; but far larger pieces, the exact worth whereof it is neither possible nor needful for us now to know.

Out of his Sacred Treasury; for even they who were very parsimonious and base in their Expences about Gods Service, were liberal in their Contributions to Idols; having since Gideon's Death, built this Temple (which he would never have suffered whilest he lived) and endowed it with considerable Revenues.

Unsettled, idle and necessitous persons, the most proper Instruments for Tyranny and Cruelty.

Marginal references: Chap. 11. [illegible: 1+ letters]