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Judges 2:13

Baal
Sin

11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

12 Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

15 Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

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BSB
for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
KJV
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
WEB
They abandoned the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
ASV
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
DARBY
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
BLB
And they forsook YHWH and did service to Baal and to the Ashtoreths.
ÅB
De forlot Herren og dyrket Ba'al og Astartebildene.
OTB
De forlot Herren og tjente Baal og Astarte.
B1930
De forlot Herren og dyrket Ba'al og Astarte-billedene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Judges 10:6

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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  • Psalms 106:36

    They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

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  • Judges 3:7

    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:20–22

    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

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  • 1 Samuel 31:10

    They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

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  • 1 Kings 11:5

    Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:5

    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

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