Study it in the app“The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the eyes of YHWH.”
The sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלagainוַיֹּסִפוּdidלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHוַ יְהוָהstrengthenedיְחַזֵּקEglonאֶת עֶגְלוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof MoabמוֹאָבagainstעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseעַל כִּיthey had doneעָשׂוּwhat was evilאֶת הָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH.יְהוָה
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” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “yechazek” appearsEglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglon” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsMoab
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).
11The land was calm forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
12 · This verse (above)
13He gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and struck Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
