Judges 3:7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷ So the sons of Israel did ^(A)what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they ^(B)forgot the Lord their God and ^(C)served the Baals and the ^[a]Asheroth. ⁸ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of ^[b]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

The First Judge Frees Israel

⁹ But the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to set them free, ^(D)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.