Judges 10:10-18

¹⁰Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.” ¹¹And the Lord said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines? ¹²And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hands. ¹³Yet you abandoned Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer save you. ¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” ¹⁵Then the sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please save us this day.” ¹⁶So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

¹⁷Then the sons of Ammon were summoned, and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah. ¹⁸And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”