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They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, and they gave their own daughters to the other peoples’ sons. They also served their gods.

Then the people of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.[a] The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim, who was the king of Aram Naharaim.[b] The Israelites served Cushan Rishathaim for eight years.

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  1. Judges 3:7 Variant Ashtartes
  2. Judges 3:8 Aram of the Two Rivers is in northern Syria, along the tributaries of the Euphrates.

They took their daughters(A) in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.(B)

Othniel

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(C) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(D) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(E) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(F) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](G) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

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  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia