Judges 8:33

Israel Returns to Baal-Worship

8:33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith ¹  their god.

Judges 9:25

9:25 The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting ²  bandits in ³  the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. ⁴ 

Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped ⁵  Micah’s carved image ⁶  the whole time God’s authorized shrine ⁷  was in Shiloh.

[8:33]  ¹ sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.

[9:25]  ² tn Heb “set against him bandits.”

[9:25]  ³ tn Heb “on the tops of.”

[9:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “It was told to Abimelech.”

[18:31]  ³ tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

[18:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “the house of God.”