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6 Then dthe children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and eserved the Baals and the Ashtoreths, fthe gods of Syria, the gods of gSidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He hsold them into the hands of the iPhilistines and into the hands of the people of jAmmon. 8 From that year they 2harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the kland of the Amorites, in Gilead. 9 Moreover 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.
10 lAnd 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!”
11 So 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? 12 Also rthe Sidonians sand Amalekites and 3Maonites toppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 uYet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and vcry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
15 And 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.” 16 xSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And yHis soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
17 Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in zMizpah. 18 And 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.”
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