Judges 3:7
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
Cross-references
In Judges 3:12, this same pattern repeats: Israel again does evil, mirroring the initial apostasy and leading to oppression.
Judges 2:11-13 provides the foundational pattern of abandoning God to serve Baals and Ashtaroth, exactly replicated here.
Judges 2:13 states they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth — nearly identical apostasy, reinforcing the pattern.
In Judges 2:14, the consequence for this sin is described — God sells Israel into enemies' hands, showing the pattern of judgment.
In Judges 4:1, Israel again does evil after Ehud's death — repeating the cycle of sin introduced in 3:7.
In Judges 10:6, Israel's evil is repeated with additional foreign gods — emphasizing the depth of apostasy.
In Judges 13:1, Israel again does evil, leading to Philistine oppression — same pattern as 3:7.
Judges 6:25 confirms the ongoing Baal and Asherah worship, as Gideon is commanded to tear down the altar and pole.
2 Chronicles 34:3 shows Josiah purging the very groves (Asherah poles) that Israel served — a reversal of the evil in Judges.
Exodus 34:13 commands destroying Asherah poles, contrasting with Israel's sin of serving them in Judges 3:7.
2 Chronicles 34:7 continues Josiah's destruction of altars and groves, directly opposing the worship of Baals and Asherahs in Judges 3:7.
In 2 Chronicles 24:18, the same apostasy recurs: abandoning God's temple and serving Asherah poles and idols, mirroring Israel's earlier sin.
2 Chronicles 33:3 describes Manasseh rebuilding altars for Baals and making Asherah poles — directly echoing the same Baal and Asherah worship.
2 Chronicles 33:19 recounts Manasseh's setting up groves (Asherah poles) and graven images, the same idolatry condemned earlier.
Deuteronomy 16:21 forbids planting Asherah poles, directly violated by Israel's worship of them here.
In 1 Samuel 12:10, the people confess serving Baals and Ashtaroth — directly echoing 3:7's sin.
Jeremiah 23:27 explicitly says the fathers forgot God's name for Baal, the exact sin described in Judges.
In 2 Kings 22:17, God's wrath is kindled because they forsook him for other gods — same sin as 3:7.
Hosea 2:13 states Israel forgot the Lord and burned offerings to Baals, mirroring Judges' worship of Baals and Asheroth.
In 1 Kings 16:31, Ahab serves Baal — the same sin as 3:7, now in the northern kingdom.
In 1 Kings 14:22, Judah does evil like Israel in 3:7 — the cycle continues in the divided kingdom.
In 1 Samuel 12:9, Samuel recalls that they forgot the Lord — exactly the language of 3:7.
Deuteronomy 7:4 warns that intermarriage will turn Israel to serve other gods — directly explaining the source of the idolatry seen in Judges.
Jeremiah 17:2 mentions children remembering Asherim on high hills, directly echoing the Asheroth worship in Judges.
Hosea 11:2 describes Israel sacrificing to Baals despite being called, a similar pattern of persistent idolatry as in Judges.
2 Chronicles 15:16 records Asa removing an Asherah image, a corrective to the Asherah worship seen here.
Nehemiah 9:26 recounts Israel's rebellion and rejection of God's law, echoing the forgetting of God and serving Baals in Judges.
2 Kings 23:14 continues Josiah's destruction of Asherim, undoing the idolatry of Judges 3:7.
2 Kings 23:6 depicts Josiah destroying the Asherah pole, a later remedy for the sin described in Judges 3:7.
1 Kings 18:19 references prophets of Baal and Asherah, echoing the dual idolatry in Judges 3:7.
1 Kings 16:33 shows Ahab's Asherah worship, a later instance of the same sin introduced in Judges 3:7.