Study it in the app“The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and served the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; they abandoned YHWH and did not serve him.”
The sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלagainוַיֹּסִפוּdidלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand servedוַיַּעַבְדוּthe Baalsאֶת הַבְּעָלִיםand the Astartes,וְאֶת הָעַשְׁתָּרוֹתthe godsוְאֶת אֱלֹהֵיof Aram,אֲרָםthe godsוְאֶת אֱלֹהֵיof Sidon,צִידוֹןthe godsוְאֵת אֱלֹהֵיof Moab,מוֹאָבthe godsוְאֵת אֱלֹהֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand the godsוְאֵת אֱלֹהֵיof the Philistines;פְלִשְׁתִּיםthey abandonedוַיַּעַזְבוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand did notוְלֹאserve him.עֲבָדוּהוּ
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosifu” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “bealim” appearsAshtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsSidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazvu” appears1Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
2Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
3Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
5Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
6 · This verse (above)
7The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.
