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They crushed and oppressed the Israelites[a] in that year; for eighteen years they crushed all the Israelites[b] who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites,[c] which is in Gilead. The Ammonites[d] crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was very distressed.

10 Then the Israelites[e] cried out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Judges 10:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Judges 10:8 Hebrew “Amorite”
  4. Judges 10:9 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
  5. Judges 10:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

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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