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But when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of [a]Sisera, commander of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 They cried out to the Lord, saying, ‘We have sinned because we have abandoned (rejected) the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now rescue us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal (Gideon) and [b]Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and He rescued you from the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in security.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:9 These may be representatives of Israel’s enemies during the time of the Judges: Sisera of Hazor to the north, the Philistines to the west, and Moab to the south and west.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 Greek and Syriac read Barak.

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