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Judges 3:7

Israel
SinPraise and worship

5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.

9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

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BSB
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
KJV
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
WEB
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
ASV
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
DARBY
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
BLB
And the sons of Israel did evil in the eyes of YHWH, and they forgot YHWH their God, and they served the Baals and the Asherahs.
ÅB
Israels barn gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne; de glemte Herren sin Gud og dyrket Ba'alene og Astartebildene.
OTB
Israelittene gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne; de glemte Herren sin Gud og tjente Baalene og Asjeraene.
B1930
Israels barn gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øine; de glemte Herren sin Gud og dyrket Ba'alene og Astarte-billedene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 34:13

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

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  • 2 Kings 23:6

    And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

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  • 1 Kings 18:19

    Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.

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  • 2 Kings 23:14

    And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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  • Judges 2:11–13

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

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  • Judges 3:12

    And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:16

    And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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