Judges 3:12

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Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight.

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  • 1 Sam 12:9 : 9 “But they forgot the LORD their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
  • Judg 2:19 : 19 When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.
  • Judg 2:11 : 11 A Monotonous Cycle The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals.
  • Judg 2:14 : 14 The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Elisha Heals a Syrian General Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
  • Isa 37:26 : 26 Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.
  • Isa 45:1-4 : 1 This is what the LORD says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed: 2 “I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through. 3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the LORD, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel. 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not submit to me.
  • Ezek 38:16 : 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 Transitory Faithfulness and Imminent Judgment What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 3:13-15
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    82%

    13Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.

    14The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

    15When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.

  • Judg 4:1
    81%

    1Deborah Summons Barak The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight after Ehud’s death.

  • Judg 10:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6The Lord’s Patience Runs Short The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

    7The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites.

    8They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year– that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.

    9The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.

  • Judg 2:11
    77%

    11A Monotonous Cycle The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals.

  • Judg 6:1-3
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    77%

    1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.

    2The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.

    3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

  • Judg 13:1
    76%

    1Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

  • Judg 3:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Othniel: A Model Leader The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

    8The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon-Haraim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    71%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    70%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

  • Judg 8:33-34
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    70%

    33Israel Returns to Baal-Worship After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

  • Judg 3:30
    69%

    30Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

  • Num 22:3
    69%

    3And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

  • Judg 3:17
    69%

    17He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab.(Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

  • Judg 2:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.

    20A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

  • Judg 11:4
    69%

    4It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.

    3The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
    69%

    7A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History This happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
    69%

    9But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before the Israelites.

  • 1 Sam 12:9
    68%

    9“But they forgot the LORD their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
    68%

    24When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

  • Num 25:3
    68%

    3When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel.

  • Josh 10:34
    68%

    34Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.

  • Judg 2:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

    15Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    68%

    10Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

  • Hos 10:9
    68%

    9Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    68%

    26He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.)

  • Jer 32:30
    68%

    30This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me from their earliest history until now and because they have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Josh 10:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

    37They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.

  • 2 Kgs 3:10
    68%

    10The king of Israel said,“Oh no! Certainly the LORD has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”

  • Josh 12:12
    67%

    12the king of Eglon(one), the king of Gezer(one),

  • 2 Chr 33:9
    67%

    9But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

  • Judg 3:11
    67%

    11The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

  • 2 Kgs 3:5
    67%

    5When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

  • Jer 25:21
    67%

    21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

  • 2 Kgs 17:9
    67%

    9The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.