^12:9“But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave¹¹ them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s¹² army,¹³ and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. ^12:10Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted,¹⁴ ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth.¹⁵ Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’¹⁶^12:11So the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,¹⁷ Barak,¹⁸ Jephthah, and Samuel,¹⁹ and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.

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Footnotes

11 Heb “sold” (so , , , ); “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”
12 For location see ; ; ; .
13 Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”
14 Heb “and said.”
15 Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity. The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in .
16 After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
17 Jerub-Baal (יְרֻבַּעַל) is also known as Gideon (see Judg 6:32). The Book of Judges uses both names for him.
18 The has “Bedan” (בְּדָן) here (cf. , , ). But a deliverer by this name is not elsewhere mentioned in the OT. The translation follows the and the in reading “Barak.”
19 In the ancient versions there is some confusion with regard to these names, both with regard to the particular names selected for mention and with regard to the order in which they are listed. For example, the has “Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel.” But the has “Gideon, Samson, Jephthah, and Samuel,” while the has “Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But they forgot the Lord their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them. And they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.’ And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But they forgot the Lord their God, so he handed them over to Sisera commander of the army of Hazor, to the Philistines, and to the king of Moab. These enemies fought against them. Then they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, for we abandoned the Lord and worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Now rescue us from the power of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ So the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel. He rescued you from the power of the enemies around you, and you lived securely.

NLTNew Living Translation

But the people soon forgot about the Lord their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor’s army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.

“Then they cried to the Lord again and confessed, ‘We have sinned by turning away from the Lord and worshiping the images of Baal and Ashtoreth. But we will worship you and you alone if you will rescue us from our enemies.’ Then the Lord sent Gideon, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel to save you, and you lived in safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But they forgot Yahweh their God, so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the hosts of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. So they cried out to Yahweh and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hand of our enemies and we will serve you!’ So Yahweh sent Jerub-Baal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel. Then he delivered you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in security.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

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