The Birth of Samson

13 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.^(A)

⁹ But they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of King Jabin of^[a] Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.^(A)

The Midianite Oppression

6 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.^(A)

⁶ He will repay according to each one’s deeds:^(A)

Othniel

⁷ The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God and serving the Baals and the Asherahs.^(A)

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

¹¹ Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,^(A)

Oppression by the Ammonites

⁶ The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Thus they abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.^(A)

Deborah and Barak

4 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.^(A)