Judges 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

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

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ³  so the Lord turned them over to ⁴  Midian for seven years.

Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ⁵  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ⁶ 

Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ⁷  squeezed out the juice, ⁸  and celebrated. They came to the temple ⁹  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ¹⁰  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ¹¹  They went home ¹²  to their own territory, ¹³  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ¹⁴ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

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

[6:1]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:7]  ⁶ sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

[9:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[21:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “did so.”

[21:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

[21:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went and returned.”

[21:23]  ¹² tn Heb “inheritance.”

[21:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “and lived in them.”