The Philistines and Ammonites Afflict the Israelites
6 And again, the Israelites[a] did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites[b] and Philistines; they abandoned Yahweh and did not serve him. 7 And the anger of Yahweh burned[c] against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and the Ammonites.[d] 8 They crushed and oppressed the Israelites[e] in that year; for eighteen years they crushed all the Israelites[f] who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites,[g] which is in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites[h] crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was very distressed.
10 Then the Israelites[i] cried out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.” 11 And Yahweh said to the Israelites,[j] “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians,[k] the Amorites,[l] from the Ammonites,[m] and from the Philistines?[n] 12 And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites,[o] and the Maonites[p] oppressed you, you cried out to me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer deliver you. 14 Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your trouble.” 15 And the Israelites[q] said to Yahweh, “We have sinned; do to us accordingly as you see fit;[r] only please deliver us this day.” 16 So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and he could no longer bear[s] the misery of Israel.
17 And the Ammonites[t] were summoned,[u] and they camped in Gilead. And the Israelites[v] gathered and camped at Mizpah. 18 The people, the ones commanding Gilead, said to each other,[w] “Who is the man that will begin to fight against the Ammonites?[x] He will be as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Footnotes
- Judges 10:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:6 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 10:7 Literally “the nose of Yahweh became hot”
- Judges 10:7 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 10:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:8 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 10:9 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 10:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:11 Hebrew “from Egypt”
- Judges 10:11 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 10:11 Hebrew “Philistine”
- Judges 10:12 Hebrew “Amalekite”
- Judges 10:12 Hebrew “Maonite”
- Judges 10:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:15 Literally “do to us according to the good in your eyes”
- Judges 10:16 Literally “his soul was short with”
- Judges 10:17 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 10:17 Or “were called to arms”
- Judges 10:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 10:18 Literally “said each to his neighbor”
- Judges 10:18 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”