Focused Passage
Apostasy, Confession, and the LORD's Grief Over Israel's Misery
After two brief judges preserve Israel for a season, Israel plunges into multiplied idolatry, experiences covenant judgment through Philistine and Ammonite oppression, confesses sin under rebuke, removes foreign gods, and faces an unresolved leadership crisis in Gilead.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
17Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
18And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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