'Served' in the Bible
The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel.
Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,
So they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.
Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.