Judges 10:9–18

⁹The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

¹⁰Then the ^asons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

¹¹The Lord said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ^afrom the Egyptians, ^bthe Amorites, ^cthe sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?

¹²“Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites ^aoppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.

¹³“Yet ^ayou have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.

¹⁴“^aGo and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”

¹⁵The sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, ^ado to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.”

^16aSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and ^1bHe could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

¹⁷Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in ^aMizpah.

¹⁸The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”