Hakim-hakim 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ²  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Hakim-hakim 2:11-13

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before ³  the Lord by worshiping ⁴  the Baals. 2:12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors ⁵  who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped ⁶  them and made the Lord angry. 2:13 They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars. ⁷ 

[3:12]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

[3:12]  ² tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”

[2:11]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[2:11]  ⁴ tn Or “serving”; or “following.”

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Or “fathers.”

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).

[2:13]  ⁷ tn Some English translations simply transliterate the plural Hebrew term (“Ashtaroth,” cf. NAB, NASB), pluralize the transliterated Hebrew singular form (“Ashtoreths,” cf. NIV), or use a variation of the name (“Astartes,” cf. NRSV).

[2:13]  sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Astarte.