Judges 2:11

Verse 11 of 23. The 2nd of 21 chapters in Judges, in History.

7And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.

8And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

9And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

10And 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.

11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

12And 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.

13And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14And 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.

15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

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Judges 2:11 in the World English Bible

The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and served the Baals.
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Matthew Henry on Judges 2:11

Observe how it is described here, v. 11-13. In general, they did evil, nothing could be more evil, that is, more provoking to God, nor more prejudicial to themselves, and it was in the sight of the Lord; all evil is before him, but he takes special notice of the sin of having any other god. In particular, 1.

Read Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–23: The Idolatry of the Israelites. (b. c. 1425.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.