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Judges 2:11

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, before His very eyes, and served Baalim, here said of all false gods, of the entire heathen worsip, for Baal was the chief male idol of all the Canaanitish nations.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 2:11. _SERVED BAALIM_] The word בעלים _baalim_ signifies _lords_. Their false gods they considered _supernatural rulers_ or _governors_, each having his peculiar district and office; but...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - Here begins the narrative of what really did happen “after the death of Joshua,” but of which Judges 1 conveys no hint. Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua Judge...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE ANGEL AT BOCHIM AND THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE BOOK Chapter S 2:1-3:4 _ 1. The angel at Bochim (Judges 2:1)_ 2. Israel's obedience remembered (Judges 2:6) 3. Israel's strange gods (Judges 2:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 2:6 TO JUDGES 3:6. THE DEUTERONOMIST'S INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES PROPER (Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31). In the view of this interpreter of sacred history,

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ '. See App-44. Six "evil" doings recorded in this book (App-10): Judges 3:7; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Deuteronomist's rationale of the period of the Judges begins here. He starts with one of his recurring formulae, _did evil in the sight of the Lord_, Judges 3:7; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND SERVED BAALIM— The objects of false worship were called by the general name _Baalim,_ or _Lords;_ and indeed, as St. Paul remarks, the Pagans had _gods many and lords many;_ the first and chief of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Israel's Apostasy Judges 2:11-15_ 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND SERVED BAALIM:_ THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD. This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the n...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BAALIM] RV 'the Baalim,' i.e. the local gods worshipped by the Canaanites. Baalim is” the plural of Baal, which means 'lord' (cp. Judges 8:33). Each place might thus have its patron god. Jehovah was n...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5. This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Pa

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 The *angel of the *Lord came from Gilgal to Bokim. He said ‘I brought you out of Egypt. And then I brought you into the country that I promised...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD. — Rather, “_the_ evil.” Used especially of apostasy (see Judges 3:7; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:6;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת ־הָ רַ֖

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    AMONG THE ROCKS OF PAGANISM Judges 2:7 "AND Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-he...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A GENERATION THAT KNEW NOT JEHOVAH Judges 2:6 What a thrilling experience it must have been to hear Joshua and Caleb talk of Egypt, the Red Sea, and Sinai! The younger men would stand awestruck as th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the angel...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served (e) Baalim: (e) That is, all manner of idols....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here begins the sad account which the Holy Ghost hath caused to be recorded, of Israel's whoredom and idolatry, and which runs through all the future periods of their history, until they were unchurch...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Alas! if such was the condition of the people, and they were satisfied with it, chastening, as at Ai, was no longer in question. But the angel of Jehovah (the operative power of God in the midst of th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,.... Openly and publicly, boldly and impudently, in the very face of God, and amidst all the good things they received from him, which were...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: Ver. 11. _And served Baalim,_] _i.e., _ Lords. Hence Hannibal, Asdrubal, &c., of old; as now among the Turks, Beglerbe...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord_ Which marks the heinousness and impudence of their sins, above other people's; because God's presence was with them, and his eye upon them in...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wickednesse of the new generation after Ioshua. 14 Gods anger and pitie towards them. 20 The Canaanites are left to prooue Israel. 1 AND an [NOTE: O...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD (vv. 1-6) Israel's failure called for strong reproof. THE angel of the Lord, who is the Lord Himself, not A messenger from God, but THE messenger, came from Gilg...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happ...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; which notes the heinousness and the impudence of their sins above other people's sins; because God's presence was with them, and his eye upon them, in a peculiar manner, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 2:11 children H1121 Israel H3478 did H6213 (H8799) evil H7451 sight H5869 LORD H3068 served H5647 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the children of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baalim.' It was the ‘natural' thing to do. The Baalim were the main god of the land represented in the form of sta...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 1 and 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaigning; f...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Review of Israelitish invasion of Canaan up to Joshua's death. Results of incomplete obedience. Judges instituted. CHARACTERS: God, angel of Jehovah (Jesus) Joshua. CONCLUSION: God never d...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 2:1. _An Angel of the Lord._ Jewish writers in succession speak of this as a created angel: but no mere angel would dare to speak as Jehovah. It was therefore the Angel of the covenant, the sam...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They forsook the Lord God of their fathers._ ISRAEL’S OBSTINACY AND GOD’S PATIENCE This passage sums up the Book of Judges, and also the history of Israel for over four hundred years. Like the overt...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 2:11 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DID... EVIL. This clear statement about Israel’s wickedness recurs throughout the book (e.g., Judges 3:7;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 2:11. And served Baalim.] The _pl_. form indicates the different Baalim, or the different characters and modifications under which Baal, the sun-god, was worshipped, rather tha...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 2:7 AND THE PEOPLE SERVED, etc. This verse is the epitome of the religious history of Israel from the time of the expostulation of the angel till the dying off of all those who had...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter two we read, AND the angel of the LORD came from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:18; 1 Samuel 7:4; 2 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 33:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In the sight — Which notes the heinousness and impudence of their sins, above other peoples; because God's presence was with them, and his eye upon them in a peculiar manner, which also they were not...

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