Judges 10:6 Meaning and Explanation
“And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.”
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Read Full Chapter →Israel again does evil, serving a long roster of foreign gods and abandoning the LORD altogether.
What Does Judges 10:6 Mean?
The cycle of the book turns once more. Israel does evil in the sight of the LORD, and the text piles up the idols they served: the Baals and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the Philistines. The long list shows how far the drift had gone, until they forsook the LORD and served Him not at all.
This is more than careless worship; it is wholesale abandonment of the God who had redeemed them. Every neighboring nation's god is welcomed, while the living God is left behind. The verse exposes the heart's tendency to scatter its devotion in every direction except the one it owes. It calls each reader to single-hearted loyalty to the Lord, who will not share the place that belongs to Him alone.
Judges 10:6 in the Original Language
abad (עָבַד), 'served' -- to work for or worship, the same verb used for serving idols and serving God.
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What does Judges 10:6 mean?
Israel again does evil, serving a long roster of foreign gods and abandoning the LORD altogether.