¹¹ The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.^(A) They worshipped the Baals^(B)

Othniel, the First Judge

⁷ The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; they forgot the Lord their God^(A) and worshipped the Baals and the Asherahs.

Ehud

¹² The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He gave King Eglon of Moab^(A) power over Israel, because they had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Deborah and Barak

4 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud had died.

Israel’s Rebellion and Repentance

⁶ Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.^(A) They worshipped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines.^(B) They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.^(C)

Birth of Samson

13 The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,^(A) so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.