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

9And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and another generation rose up after them who did not know the Lord, nor even the work which He had done for Israel. Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals, 12and they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed other gods from the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them; so they provoked the Lord to anger. 13They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Judges 2:11 word by word

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

• Then the sonsבֵּןbên · 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
• servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• Baalsבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168

Cross-references for Judges 2:11

• Judges 4:1Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.
• Judges 6:1Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.
• Judges 13:1Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
• Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the Lord.
• Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.
• 2 Chronicles 33:2He did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
• Ezra 8:12and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him;
• Judges 3:7So the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
• Judges 10:6Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; so they abandoned the Lord and did not serve Him.
• 1 Samuel 7:4So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.
• 1 Kings 18:18He said, “I have not brought disaster to Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made cast metal images for the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; he also set up altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly lights and served them.
• Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel running about senselessly on her ways,
• Jeremiah 9:14but have followed the stubbornness of their heart and the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

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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• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Baal
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• Judges, Book of

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