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Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Judges 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
KJV
¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
WEB
The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.
ASV
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;
LSV
And the sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and serve the Ba‘alim,
YLT
And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim,
DBY
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals.
DRC
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
GNV
Then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim,
JPS
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim.
LXXE
And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־הַבְּעָלִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς Βααλίμ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Judges 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  • Judges 4:1After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Judges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did…
  • Judges 6:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
  • 1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  • Judges 8:33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  • Judges 13:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:2–3And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he…
  • Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
  • 2 Chronicles 33:6He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  • Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  • Ezra 8:12from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
  • 1 Samuel 7:4So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:2Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
  • Judges 3:12Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Judges 10:10Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

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