That year - Perhaps the closing year of the oppression, when the Ammonites passed over the Jordan. For it was this crowning oppression which…

That year. —The narrative is evidently imperfect, as no year is specified.

Vexed and oppressed. —This again…

And that year they vexed and oppre ed the children of Israel ,
&c.] The Philistines on one side, and the children of…

Now the threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand before their enemies (Leviticus 26:17, 37…