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Judges 3:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
Judges 3:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
6 Some Israelites married young women from these nations. They also let their daughters marry Canaanite men. As a result, the Israelites started to worship the Canaanite gods.[a]
Othniel
7 The Israelites forgot to serve the Lord their God. They did things that he saw were evil. They worshipped idols of Baal and Asherah. 8 The Lord was very angry with the Israelites. He let King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim attack them. They were under his power for eight years.
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- 3:6 Many nations of people lived in Canaan before God gave it to the Israelites. The Philistines were sailors who lived in five cities near the Mediterranean Sea. The Moabites and the Ammonites were cousins of the Israelites. See Genesis 19:36-38. All these people worshipped false gods.
Judges 3:6-8
New International Version
Judges 3:6-8
New International Version
6 They took their daughters(A) in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.(B)
Othniel
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(C) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(D) 8 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(E) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(F) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](G) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
Footnotes
- Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
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