Who from that year vexed and oppressed the children of Israel eighteen years, [a]even all the children of Israel that were beyond Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

Moreover, the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight against Judah and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was sore tormented.

10 Then the children of Israel [b]cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our own God, and have served Baal.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:8 As the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
  2. Judges 10:10 They prayed to the Lord, and confessed their sins.

who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,(A) the land of the Amorites. The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah,(B) Benjamin and Ephraim;(C) Israel was in great distress. 10 Then the Israelites cried(D) out to the Lord, “We have sinned(E) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”(F)

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