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10 After that whole generation had died,[a] another generation grew up after them that was not acquainted with the Lord or with what he had done for Israel.

The Rise of the Judges

11 So the Israelis practiced what the Lord considered to be evil by worshiping Canaanite deities.[b] 12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who surrounded them. They bowed down in worship of them, and by doing so angered the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:10 Lit. had been gathered to their fathers
  2. Judges 2:11 Lit. worshiping the Baals

10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.(A) 11 Then the Israelites did evil(B) in the eyes of the Lord(C) and served the Baals.(D) 12 They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods(E) of the peoples around them.(F) They aroused(G) the Lord’s anger(H)

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