KJV King James Version
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
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Judges 2:11
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
WEB World English Bible
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim,
Surrounding context — Judges 2
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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Judges 10:6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.Judges 6:1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.Judges 4:1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.Judges 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.Judges 8:33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.1 Samuel 7:4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.Jeremiah 2:23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;2 Chronicles 33:2-3But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.Jeremiah 9:14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:2 Chronicles 28:2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.Ezra 8:12And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.Judges 10:10And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.Judges 3:12And 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.Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.Hosea 2:13-17And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
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