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But they forgot the Lord their God, so he handed them over to the domination of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into domination by the Philistines and by the king of Moab, and Israel fought against them.

10 “Then they cried out to the Lord: ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served[a] the Baals[b] and the Ashtaroth.[c] Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve[d] you.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal,[e] Barak,[f] Jephthah, and Samuel and he delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived securely.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:10 Or worshipped
  2. 1 Samuel 12:10 I.e. images representing the Canaanite storm god
  3. 1 Samuel 12:10 I.e. trees or other symbols representing the Canaanite deity Asherah
  4. 1 Samuel 12:10 Or worship
  5. 1 Samuel 12:11 I.e. Gideon
  6. 1 Samuel 12:11 So LXX and Syr; MT reads Bedan