Judges 2:13

2:13 They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars. ¹ 

Judges 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before ²  the Lord by worshiping ³  the Baals.

Judges 3:6

3:6 They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; ⁴  they worshiped ⁵  their gods as well.

Judges 3:14

3:14 The Israelites were subject to ⁶  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Judges 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁷  and worshiped ⁸  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁹ 

Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁰  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ¹¹ 

Judges 2:7

2:7 The people worshiped ¹²  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ¹³  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ¹⁴  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ¹⁵ 

Judges 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹⁶  and turned them over to ¹⁷  King Cushan-Rishathaim ¹⁸  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ¹⁹  for eight years.

Judges 10:6

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ²⁰  They worshiped ²¹  the Baals and the Ashtars, ²²  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ²³  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ²⁴  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ²⁵  him.

[2:13]  ¹ tn Some English translations simply transliterate the plural Hebrew term (“Ashtaroth,” cf. NAB, NASB), pluralize the transliterated Hebrew singular form (“Ashtoreths,” cf. NIV), or use a variation of the name (“Astartes,” cf. NRSV).

[2:11]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[2:11]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “from their midst.”

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ⁷ 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”).

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

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

[2:7]  ⁷ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[2:7]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

[2:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

[2:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

[3:8]  ⁸ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

[3:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[3:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

[3:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[10:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

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

[10:6]  ¹¹ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

[10:6]  ¹² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:6]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”