Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
"Abimelech hired vain and light fellows"  (Judges 9:4).  This terminology was applied to false prophets in  Zephaniah 3:4; and, "In German, this is rendered `sprudelkopf,' meaning, `a hot-headed hasty man.'"[5] Those evil men who followed Abimelech were unscrupulous scoundrels willing to do absolutely anything for a piece of silver.