Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. 1  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 2 

Judges 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 3  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel 4  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

1 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

2 sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

3 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

4 tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”