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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Interpretation
Now the threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand before their enemies, Le 26:17,. By their evil ways and their evil doings they procured this to themselves.
Glossary
- Ammon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Philistia Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Ashkelon.
- Sidon Place
- A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah ( Gen. 10:15 , 19). Modern identification: Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon.
- Syria Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.