⁹The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed, ¹⁰so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you.^j We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

¹¹The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians,^k Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, ¹²Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites^A^l oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them? ¹³But you have abandoned me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again. ¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen.^m Let them deliver you whenever you are oppressed.”

¹⁵But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as you see fit; only rescue usⁿ today!” ¹⁶So they got rid of the foreign gods^o among them and worshiped the Lord,^p and he became weary^q of Israel’s misery.

¹⁷The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.^r ¹⁸The rulers^B of Gilead said to one another, “Which man will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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Footnotes

A reads Midianites
B The people, rulers

Cross references

j Neh 1:6; Jr 14:20; Dn 9:8
k Ex 1–15
l Jos 15:5; 1Sm 23:24–25
m Dt 32:37–38; Jr 2:28; 11:12
n 1Sm 12:10; 1Ch 16:35; Ps 79:9
o Gn 35:2; Jos 24:33; 1Sm 7:3; 2Ch 33:15
p Ex 10:7–8; 12:31; Dt 10:12; Jos 24:14–15; 2Ch 30:8
q Nm 21:4; Jdg 16:16; Mc 2:7; Zch 11:8
r Gn 31:49; Jdg 11:11,34; Hs 5:1