Judges 10:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 10:6-9

While those two judges, Tola and Jair, presided in the affairs of Israel, things went well, but afterwards, I. Israel returned to their idolatry, that sin which did most easily beset them (Jdg. 10:6): They did evil again in the sight of the Lord, from whom they were unaccountably bent to backslide, as a foolish people and unwise. 1. They worshipped many gods; not only their old demons Baalim and Ashtaroth, which the Canaanites had worshipped, but, as if they would proclaim their folly to all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:6

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ,.... After the death of the above judges they fell into idolatry again, as the following instances show: and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth ; as they had before; see Gill on Judges 2:11 , Judges 2:13 and, besides these: also the gods of Syria ; their gods and goddesses, Belus and Saturn, Astarte and the Dea Syria, Lucian writes of: and the gods of Zidon ; the goddess of the Zidonians was Ashtaroth, 1 Kings... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:6

And served Baalim - They became universal idolaters, adopting every god of the surrounding nations. Baalim and Ashtaroth may signify gods and goddesses in general. These are enumerated: The gods of Syria; Bel and Saturn, or Jupiter and Astarte. Gods of Zidon; Ashtaroth, Astarte or Venus. The gods of Moab; Chemosh. Gods of the children of Ammon; Milcom. Gods of the Philistines; Dagon. See 1 Kings 11:33 ; (note), and 1 Samuel 5:2 ; (note). These are called gods because... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 10:6

The gods of Syria - Or “Aram.” In the times of the Judges the various tribes of Aramites, or Syrians, were not compacted into one state, nor were they until after the time of Solomon. The national gods of these various Aramean tribes were probably the same; and their worship would be likely to be introduced into the trans-Jordanic tribes. It has been remarked that the Hebrew words for “to divine,” “to practice magic,” “idolatrous priests,” and other like words, are of Syrian origin. The Syriac... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:6

Judges 10:6. Israel served the gods of Syria They added to their former idolatries the worship of new gods, particularly those of Syria, which were Bel, or Baal, Astarte, Dagon, Moloch, Thammuz. And the gods of Zidon The supreme gods of the Sidonians were Baal and Ashtaroth: but it is likely they had more, such as Asaroth, Asarim, Asarah. And the gods of Moab The principal of which was Chemosh, 1 Kings 11:7. And the gods of the children of Ammon The chief of which was Milcom, (1... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

Jephthah and five other judges (10:1-12:15)Little is known of the political or military activities of the judges Tola and Jair. They both exercised power for lengthy periods, and Jair’s family certainly enjoyed considerable power and prestige among the East Jordan tribes (10:1-5).Again the Israelites turned away from Yahweh and worshipped false gods, and again they were punished. The Ammonites conquered the eastern tribes, crossed Jordan, and seized large portions of Israelite territory in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 10:6

ISRAEL FELL INTO IDOLATRY AGAIN (Judges 10:6-9)"And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 10:6

6. the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord—This apostasy seems to have exceeded every former one in the grossness and universality of the idolatry practised. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 10:6-7

1. Renewed oppression 10:6-7The Israelites’ return to apostasy brought discipline from two different directions at the same time. In the east the Ammonites oppressed Israel, while in the west God raised up the Philistines."The acuter [sic] pressure at this stage came from the Ammonites who were crueller [sic] in nature and more predatory in their methods than the Philistines (cf. 1 Samuel 11:1-2)." [Note: Cundall and Morris, pp. 138-39.] These verses really introduce the judgeships of Jephthah,... read more