Judges 3:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ But the Israelites intermarried with them and served their gods.

Othniel, the model judge

⁷ The Israelites did things that the Lord saw as evil, and they forgot the Lord their God. They served the Baals and the Asherahs.^{[a] 8} The Lord became angry with Israel and gave them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. The Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.