12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites when they oppressed you? You cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hands.
13 Yet you have abandoned Me and worshipped other gods. Therefore I will not save you again.
14 Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of distress.”
15 Then the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good in Your sight. Please, just deliver us today.”
16 They removed the foreign gods from among them and worshipped the Lord, and He could no longer endure the suffering of Israel.
17 The Ammonites had been called out and set up camp in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled and set up camp in Mizpah.
18 The commanders of Gilead said to each other, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He will be the ruler of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”