Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals.
NMVAnd the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] did evil in the sight of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and served Ba’alim [lords (false gods)]:
OJBAnd the Bnei Yisroel did harah in the sight of Hashem, and served Ba'alim;
T4T[2:11–13]They did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They worshiped idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Astarte. They worshiped [DOU] the various gods that the people-groups around them worshiped. They stopped worshiping Yahweh, the God their ancestors worshiped, the one who had brought their ancestors out of Egypt. That caused Yahweh to be very angry.