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Judges 9:4

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vain: etc. Anashim raikim oophochozim:, "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about. Judges 11:3; 1 Samuel 22:2; 2 Chronicles 13:7; Job 30:8; Proverbs 12:11; Acts 17:5

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