Judges 3:7
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
In other translations
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעֲשׂוּvaiya'asuand they didH6213בְנֵי־venei-[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָרַעhara'the evilH7451בְּעֵינֵיbe'eineiin [the] eyes ofH5869יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיִּשְׁכְּחוּvaiyishkechuand they forgotH7911אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵיהֶם'eloheihemGod theirH430וַיַּעַבְדוּvaiya'avduand they servedH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַבְּעָלִיםhabe'alimthe BaalsH1168וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת׃ha'asherotthe Asherah polesH842
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Related verses
- Exodus 34:13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- 2 Kings 23:6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
- 2 Kings 23:14And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
- 1 Kings 18:19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- Judges 3:12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 2:11-1311 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 land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 12 Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, 13 for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- 1 Kings 16:33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
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