Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Judg 2:11

“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.”

“WICKEDNESS OF THE NEW GENERATION AFTER JOSHUA. (Jdg 2:11-19) the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord--This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next [Jdg. 2:11-3:8], contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy. served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.