Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ² 

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ³  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:7]  ² sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

[13:1]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”