Judges 10:9–18

⁹Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

^10lAnd the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have ^msinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”

¹¹So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ⁿfrom the Egyptians and ^ofrom the Amorites and ^pfrom the people of Ammon and ^qfrom the Philistines? ¹²Also ^rthe Sidonians ^sand Amalekites and ³Maonites ^toppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. ^13uYet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. ¹⁴Go and ^vcry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”

¹⁵And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! ^wDo to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” ^16xSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And ^yHis soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

¹⁷Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in ^zMizpah. ¹⁸And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall ^abe head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”