3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. 1 They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 2
[3:7] 1 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
[3:7] 2 sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.
