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. ^aWe have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

¹¹The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, ^bAmorites, Ammonites, Philistines, ¹²Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites ^c^doppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power? 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. ^eLet them deliver you in the time of your oppression.”

¹⁵But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; ^fonly deliver us ^gtoday!” ¹⁶So they got rid of the foreign gods ^hamong them and worshiped the Lord, ⁱand He became weary ^jof Israel’s misery.

¹⁷The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah. ^k¹⁸The rulers ^lof Gilead said to one another, “Which man will lead the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

Read in Logos

Footnotes

c10:12 reads Midianites
f10:15 Do to us what is good in Your eyes
l10:18 The people, rulers

Cross references

a10:10 Neh 1:6; Jr 14:20; Dn 9:8
b10:11 Ex 1–15
d10:12 Jos 15:5; 1Sm 23:24–25
e10:14 Dt 32:37–38; Jr 2:28; 11:12
g10:15 1Sm 12:10; 1Ch 16:35; Ps 79:9
h10:16 Gn 35:2; Jos 24:33; 1Sm 7:3; 2Ch 33:15
i10:16 Ex 10:7–8; 12:31; Dt 10:12; Jos 24:14–15; 2Ch 30:8
j10:16 Nm 21:4; Jdg 16:16; Mc 2:7; Zch 11:8
k10:17 Gn 31:49; Jdg 11:11, 34; Hs 5:1