Judges 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before ¹  the Lord by worshiping ²  the Baals.

Judges 3:6

3:6 They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; ³  they worshiped ⁴  their gods as well.

Judges 3:14

3:14 The Israelites were subject to ⁵  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Judges 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁶  and worshiped ⁷  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁸ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[2:11]  ² tn Or “serving”; or “following.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “to their sons.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Or “served”; or “followed” (this term occurs in the following verse as well).

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “from their midst.”

[10:16]  ⁸ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).