Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
judge	הַשּׁוֹפֵ֗ט ha.sho.Fet	H8199	to judge · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
dead	מָוֶת mâveth	H4194	death (natural or violent)
returned	יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ ya.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
corrupted	וְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ ve.hish.Chi.tu	H7843	to decay · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
fathers	מֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔ם me.'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
following	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
other	אֲחֵרִ֔ים 'a.che.Rim	H312	properly · adjective, masculine plural absolute
gods	אֱלֹהִ֣ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
serve	לְעָבְדָ֖ם le.'a.ve.Dam	H5647	to work (in any sense) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
down	וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת u.le.hish.ta.cha.Vot	H7812	to depress · conjunction + preposition + verb, infinitive construct
ceased	הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙ hi.Pi.lu	H5307	to fall · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
doings	מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם mi.Ma.'a.lei.Hem	H4611	an act (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
stubborn	הַקָּשָֽׁה ha.ka.Shah	H7186	severe (in various applications) · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
way	וּמִדַּרְכָּ֖ם u.mi.dar.Kam	H1870	a road (as trodden) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Judges 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-be…
Judges 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Judges 3:11-12 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
2 Chronicles 24:17-18 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
Matthew 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Jeremiah 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagin…
Joshua 24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works o…
Judges 2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people's good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial (Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30), which comes in here again only to make way for the following account, which this chapter gives, of their degeneracy and apostasy. The angel had foretold that the Canaanites and their idols would be a snare to Israel; now the historian undertakes to show that they were so, and, that this may appear the more clear, he looks back a little, and takes notice, 1. Of their happy settlement in the land of Canaan. Joshua, having distributed this land among them, dismissed them to the quiet and comfortable…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were…

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John Gill on Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead,.... Any one of them, the first and so all succeeding ones: that they returned; to their evil ways and idolatrous practices, from which they reformed, and for which they showed outward repentance during the life of the judge; but he dying, they returned again to them: and corrupted themselves more than their fathers; in Egypt and in the wilderness; or rather than their fathers that lived in the generation after the death of Joshua; and so in every generation that lived before a judge was raised up to deliver them out of the evils brought upon them; the children of those in every age successively grew worse than their fathers: in following other…

Dictionary and topics

Bowing — A mode of showing respect. Abraham “bowed himself to the people of the land” (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen. 43:28).…
Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Baal · .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the — .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the
Canaanites, The · Israel ensnared by — Israel ensnared by
Judge · .During the time when the land was ruled by — .During the time when the land was ruled by
Judges, Extraordinary · Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by — Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by
Self-Will · The wicked do not cease from — The wicked do not cease from
Self-Will And Stubbornness · The wicked cease not from — The wicked cease not from

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:19

Dictionary and topics

Judges 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:19

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 2:18-19

Rashi on Judges 2:19