Judges 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

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

Judges 4:1

Deborah Summons Barak

4:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight ³  after Ehud’s death.

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁴  so the Lord turned them over to ⁵  Midian for seven years.

Judges 9:56

9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. ⁶ 

Judges 15:3

15:3 Samson said to them, ⁷  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ⁸ 

Judges 20:41

20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked ⁹  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. ¹⁰ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

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

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

[9:56]  ⁷ tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

[15:3]  ⁹ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

[15:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”

[20:41]  ¹¹ tn Or “were terrified.”

[20:41]  ¹² tn Heb “disaster touched against them.”