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Judges 2:19

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 2:6-23

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),…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

when the judge was dead … they turned back e.g. Jdg 4:1; Jdg 8:33; the whole period is a continual repetition of apostasy, subjugation, the cry for help, the deliverance such is the Dtc. editor's…