Jueces 2:11

11 Esos israelitas hicieron lo que ofende al SEÑOR y adoraron a los ídolos de Baal.

Jueces 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:11

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,
&c.] Openly and publicly, boldly and impudently, in the very face of God, and amidst all the good things they received from him, which were aggravating circumstances of their sins; what the evil was they did is next observed:

and served Baalim;
the idol Baal, as the Arabic version, of which there were many, and therefore a plural word is used; to which the apostle refers ( 1 Corinthians 8:5 ) ; for the word signifies "lords", and there were Baalpeor, Baalzebub, Baalberith and who seem to have their name from Bal, Bel, or Belus, a king of Babylon after Nimrod, and who was the first monarch that was deified, the Jupiter of the Heathens. Theophilus of Antioch ^F16 says, that, according to the history of Thallus, Belus the king of the Assyrians, whom they worshipped, was older than the Trojan war three hundred twenty two years; and that some call Cronus or Saturn Bel and Bal; by the Assyrians called Bel, and in the Punic or Phoenician language Bal ^F17.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Ad Autolyc. l. 3. p. 138, 139. Vid. Lactant. de fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 23.
F17 Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 1. prope finem.

Jueces 2:11 In-Context

9 y lo sepultaron en Timnat Jeres, tierra de su heredad, en la región montañosa de Efraín, al norte del monte de Gaas.

10 También murió toda aquella generación, y surgió otra que no conocía al SEÑOR ni sabía lo que él había hecho por Israel.

11 Esos israelitas hicieron lo que ofende al SEÑOR y adoraron a los ídolos de Baal.

12 Abandonaron al SEÑOR, Dios de sus padres, que los había sacado de Egipto, y siguieron a otros dioses —dioses de los pueblos que los rodeaban—, y los adoraron, provocando así la ira del SEÑOR.

13 Abandonaron al SEÑOR, y adoraron a Baal y a las imágenes de Astarté.