Judges 2:11-12 KJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 2:12

forsook. Religion is not a gradual evolution to what is higher, but a declension to what is lower. See note on Joshua 24:14 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . people = peoples. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 2:11

THE WICKEDNESS OF ISRAEL (Judges 2:11-15)"And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim; and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger. And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 2:11

Judges 2:11. 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 which, and from whom the rest seem to have derived this name, was Baal, or the Lord, the Sun; as Ashtaroth, or Astarte, seems to have been the Moon; worshipped in different countries under the names Juno, and Venus, Judges 2:13.; see Selden de Diis Syr. et Vossius de Orig. et Prog. Idol.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 2:11

11-19. the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord—This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next [ :-], contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy. served Baalim—The plural is used to include... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:11

The writer used "Baals" here to describe all false gods, the "other gods" of Judges 2:12. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:11-23

2. The pattern of history during the judges’ era 2:11-23Having revealed the roots of Israel’s apostasy (Judges 2:6-10), the writer proceeded to examine its character. In this section a cyclical pattern of Israel’s history during this era becomes clear. This section is chiastic, focusing on Israel’s pursuit and worship of other gods. Israel departed from Yahweh and served idols (Judges 2:11-13). The Lord then disciplined His people by allowing them to fall under the domination of their enemies... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:12

"The greatest sin a human being can commit is not murder or rape or other despicable acts of atrocity. It is to turn his back on the living God to serve man-made gods." [Note: Inrig, p. 37.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 2:1-23

Prologue to the Story of the Judges1-5. The moral of the preceding notices, delivered by an angel at Bochim.1. An angel of the lord] RV ’the angel.’ Cp. Judges 6:11, Judges 6:22; Judges 13:3, Judges 13:21, where it is plain (from Judges 6:14, Judges 6:16; Judges 13:22) that the angel is thought of as God Himself (see on Judges 6:14). The word translated ’angel,’ however, means simply ’messenger’: cp. Judges 6:8.Gilgal] the site of the first Hebrew camp after the crossing of the Jordan (Joshua... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 2:11

(11) Did evil in the sight of the Lord.—Rather, “the evil.” Used especially of apostasy (see Judges 3:7-12; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:6; Judges 13:1). They fell into the very idolatry against which they had been emphatically warned (Deuteronomy 4:19).Baalim.—Rather, “the Baalim.” Baal means “lord,” or “possessor,” and in its idolatrous sense was applied especially to the sun, that was worshipped as the great nature-power, under a multitude of different names and attributes. Baal-worship... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 2:12

(12) Forsook the Lord God of their fathers.—(Deuteronomy 31:16-17.) It seems, however, that the sin of the Israelites was a breach rather of the second than of the first commandment. It was not so much a worshipping of other gods as a worshipping of Jehovah under false symbols adopted from the surrounding nations by a spurious syncretism. Similarly, the calf-worship of the northern tribes was originally intended to be an adoration of Jehovah, under the form of cherubic symbols, but naturally... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 2:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 2:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 2:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 2:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:11-23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 2:12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 2:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 2:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 2:12

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