Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ² 

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ³  so the Lord turned them over to ⁴  Midian for seven years.

Judges 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ⁵  on them.

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁶  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

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¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

² sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

⁵ tn Heb “came.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”