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 

Judges 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹¹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ¹²  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Judges 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ¹³  the Lord did them harm, ¹⁴  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ¹⁵  They suffered greatly. ¹⁶ 

Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁷  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ¹⁸ 

Judges 9:23

9:23 God sent a spirit to stir up hostility ¹⁹  between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal ²⁰  to Abimelech.

Judges 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ²¹  on them.

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ²²  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 20:3

20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

Judges 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ²³  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ²⁴ 

Judges 20:34

20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. ²⁵  But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. ²⁶ 

Judges 11:27

11:27 I have not done you wrong, ²⁷  but you are doing wrong ²⁸  by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ²⁹  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ³⁰  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

Judges 10:6

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ³¹  They worshiped ³²  the Baals and the Ashtars, ³³  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ³⁴  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ³⁵  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ³⁶  him.

[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.”

[3:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

[3:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”

[2:15]  ¹⁵ tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

[2:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

[2:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

[2:15]  ¹⁸ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

[3:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:7]  ¹⁸ sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

[9:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “an evil spirit.” A nonphysical, spirit being is in view, like the one who volunteered to deceive Ahab (1 Kgs 22:21). The traditional translation, “evil spirit,” implies the being is inherently wicked, perhaps even demonic, but this is not necessarily the case. The Hebrew adjective רָעַה (ra’ah) can have a nonethical sense, “harmful; dangerous; calamitous.” When modifying רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) it may simply indicate that the being in view causes harm to the object of God’s judgment. G. F. Moore (Judges [ICC], 253) here refers to a “mischief-making spirit.”

[9:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “The leaders of Shechem were disloyal.” The words “he made” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:57]  ²¹ tn Heb “came.”

[13:1]  ²³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[20:12]  ²⁵ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[20:34]  ²⁷ tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”

[20:34]  ²⁸ tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”

[11:27]  ²⁹ tn Or “sinned against you.”

[11:27]  ³⁰ tn Or “evil.”

[20:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

[20:13]  ³² tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”

[10:6]  ³³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[10:6]  ³⁴ tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

[10:6]  ³⁵ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

[10:6]  ³⁶ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:6]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

[10:6]  ³⁸ tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”