LEB(i)
6 And again, the ⌊Israelites⌋* 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⌋* and Philistines; they abandoned Yahweh and did not serve him.
7 And ⌊the anger of Yahweh burned⌋* against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and the ⌊Ammonites⌋.*
8 They crushed and oppressed the ⌊Israelites⌋* in that year; for eighteen years they crushed all the ⌊Israelites⌋* who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites,* which is in Gilead.
9 The ⌊Ammonites⌋* crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was very distressed.
10 Then the ⌊Israelites⌋* 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⌋,* "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians,* the Amorites,* from the ⌊Ammonites⌋,* and from the Philistines?*
12 And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites,* and the Maonites* 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⌋* said to Yahweh, "We have sinned; ⌊do to us accordingly as you see fit⌋;* 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⌋* the misery of Israel.
17 And the ⌊Ammonites⌋* were summoned,* and they camped in Gilead. And the ⌊Israelites⌋* gathered and camped at Mizpah.
18 The people, the ones commanding Gilead, ⌊said to each other⌋,* "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the ⌊Ammonites⌋?* He will be as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."