# His mother's relatives spoke for him to the leaders

This means that the relatives of the mother of Abimelech spoke to the leaders, suggesting that they make Abimelech their king.

# they agreed to follow Abimelech

"they agreed to let Abimelech be their leader"

# the house

Here "house" represents a temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# seventy pieces of silver

This means seventy shekels of silver. A shekel weighs 11 grams. If it is necessary to translate this with modern measurements, you can translate it like this. AT: "almost one kilo of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])

# seventy

"70" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Baal-Berith

This is the name of a false god. See how you translated it in [Judges 8:33](../08/32.md).

# lawless and reckless

"violent and foolish"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abimelech]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lawless]]