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 Living Translation (NLT)The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight and served the images of Baal.

Context of Judges 2:11

9And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. 10When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel. Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals; 12and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. 13They forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

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

People and places in Judges 2:11

• Israel
• Baal

Cross-references for Judges 2:11

• Judges 4:1When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.
• Judges 6:1Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
• Judges 13:1Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
• Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
• Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
• 2 Chronicles 33:2But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
• Ezra 8:12of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;
• Judges 3:7So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.
• Judges 10:6Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.
• 1 Samuel 7:4So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.
• 1 Kings 18:18And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
• Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
• Jeremiah 9:14but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,”
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot,” says 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

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Baal
• Baalim
• Raise
• Sell
• Abdon (1)
• Apostasy; Apostate
• 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