Judges 2:6-14

⁶[JC] After Joshua had dismissed them, the People of Israel went off to claim their allotted territories and take possession of the land.

⁷The people worshiped GOD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the time of the leaders who survived him, leaders who had been in on all of GOD''s great work that he had done for Israel.

⁸Then Joshua son of Nun, the servant of GOD, died. He was 110 years old.

⁹They buried him in his allotted inheritance at Timnath Heres in the hills of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

¹⁰Eventually that entire generation died and was buried. Then another generation grew up that didn''t know anything of GOD or the work he had done for Israel. [JC]b

¹¹The People of Israel did evil in GOD''s sight:

¹²they served Baal-gods; they deserted GOD, the God of their parents who had led them out of Egypt; they took up with other gods, gods of the peoples around them. They actually worshiped them! And oh, how they angered GOD

¹³as they worshiped god Baal and goddess Astarte!

¹⁴GOD''s anger was hot against Israel: He handed them off to plunderers who stripped them; he sold them cheap to enemies on all sides. They were helpless before their enemies.