So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and (A)he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

10 And the people of Israel (B)cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because (C)we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” 11 And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you (D)from the Egyptians and (E)from the Amorites, (F)from the Ammonites and (G)from the Philistines?

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