Judges 2:11

Judges 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals;

Context of Judges 2:11

9The people buried him in the land that had been given to his family. That was at Timnath Heres, in Ephraim's hill country, on the north side of Gaash mountain. 10All the people of Joshua's generation died. The younger people no longer served the Lord. They themselves had not seen the great things that he had done to help Israel. The Israelites did things that the Lord saw were evil. They worshipped the idols of Baal. 12They turned away from the Lord God that their ancestors had worshipped. He was the one who had brought them safely out of Egypt. Instead, they served the false gods of the people who lived near them. They worshipped those gods and the Lord became very angry. 13They turned away from the Lord and they worshipped the idols of Baal and Ashtoreth instead.

Judges 2:11 word by word

וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־הַבְּעָלִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• Baalimבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168

Cross-references for Judges 2:11

• Judges 4:1After Ehud died, the Israelites again did things that the Lord saw were evil.
• Judges 6:1The Israelites did things that the Lord saw were evil. So the Lord put them under the power of the Midianites for seven years.
• Judges 13:1The Israelites again did things that the Lord saw were evil. So he put them under the power of the Philistines for 40 years.
• Genesis 13:13The people of Sodom were very wicked. They did not obey the Lord at all.
• Genesis 38:7But the Lord saw that Er, Judah's firstborn son, was very bad. So the Lord caused him to die.
• 2 Chronicles 33:2Manasseh did things that the Lord said were evil. He did the same terrible sins that the other nations in Canaan had done. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there.
• Ezra 8:12Hakkatan's son, Johanan, and 110 other men, from Azgad's clan.
• Judges 3:7The Israelites forgot to serve the Lord their God. They did things that he saw were evil. They worshipped idols of Baal and Asherah.
• Judges 10:6The Israelites again did things that the Lord saw were evil. They worshipped idols of Baal and Ashtoreth. They also worshipped the gods of Syria, Sidon and Moab, as well as the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They turned away from the Lord and they did not serve him any more.
• 1 Samuel 7:4So the Israelites removed all their idols of the false gods called Baal and Ashtoreth. They only worshipped the Lord.
• 1 Kings 18:18Elijah replied, ‘I have not brought trouble to Israel. But you and your father's family have done that. You have refused to obey the Lord's commands. Instead, you have worshipped the false gods of Baal.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He also used metal to make images of the god Baal.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3Manasseh built again the altars on the hills that his father Hezekiah had knocked down. He built altars for people to worship idols of Baal. He also made Asherah poles. He bent down low to worship all the stars in the sky.
• Jeremiah 2:23‘You say, “We have not made ourselves unclean. We do not worship the idols of Baal.” But remember what you have done in the valleys. You hurry to find another idol that you can worship. Like a female camel, you cannot control yourselves.
• Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have done whatever they wanted to do. They have served the gods of Baal, as their ancestors taught them to do.’
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her because she burned incense to the idols of Baal. I will punish her because she made herself beautiful with jewels when she went to sleep with her lovers. I will punish her because she did those things but she forgot about me. That is what the Lord says.

Commentaries on Judges 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Served Baalim - The word בעלים baalim signifies lords. Their false gods they considered supernatural rulers or governors, each having his peculiar district and office; but when they wished to express a particular בעל baal, they generally added some particular epithet, as Baal-zephon, Baal-peor, Baal-zehub, Baal-shamayim, etc., as Calmet has well observed. The two former were adored by the Moabites; Baal-zebub by the Ekronites. Baal-berith was honored at…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the children of Israel - Here begins the narrative of what really did happen “after the death of Joshua,” but of which Judges 2:7. But when Joshua was dead … “the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and forsook the God of their fathers.” And then follows from Judges 2:14 to the end of the chapter, a summary of the whole contents of the book. Did evil in the sight of the Lord - Through this book and all the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-23Verses 6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happy if they had continued faithful to him. Their punishment answered to the evil they had done. They served the gods of the nations round about them, even the meanest, and God made them serve the princes of the nations round about them, even the meanest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Israel turned away from the Lord and started worshiping the gods of nearby nations, especially the Canaanite gods Baal and Asherah. Baal means “lord”; Ashtoreth may be a Hebrew version of the Canaanite goddess “Astarte,” who had different forms. See also Judges 6:25–32 and Judges 6:25–32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1911-19. the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord--This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next [Jud 2:11-3:8], contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 2:11

• Baal
• Baalim
• Ingratitude
• Israel

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Commentaries on Judges 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings