¹⁶ Nevertheless, ^(A)the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. ¹⁷ Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they ^(B)played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so. ¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, ^(C)the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; ^(D)for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

⁹ When the children of Israel ^(A)cried out to the Lord, the Lord ^(B)raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: ^(C)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

¹⁵ But when the children of Israel ^(A)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a ^(B)left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.