¶ So the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baal, and [a]Asherah.

Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim King of [b]Aram-naharaim, and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.

¶ And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord stirred up a Savior to the children of Israel, and he saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:7 Trees or woods erected for idolatry.
  2. Judges 3:8 Or, Mesopotamia.

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