⁸ who trampled and troubled the Israelis during that year—eighteen years for the Israelis who lived east of the Jordan River in Gilead, the land occupied by^[a] the Amorites. ⁹ The Ammonites crossed the Jordan River to fight against the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. As a result, Israel was deeply distressed. ¹⁰ Then the Israelis cried out to the Lord and told him,^[b] “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned our God to serve the Baals.”