Judges 10:7-10

7 he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

8 who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”

Judges 10:7-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 10

This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Jud 10:1-5, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Jud 10:6-9, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to grant them any, though upon their importunity and reformation he had compassion on them, Jud 10:10-16 and the chapter is concluded with the preparation made by both armies for a battle, Jud 10:17,18.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 31:17
• 2. S Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; 1 Samuel 12:9
• 3. S Joshua 12:2
• 4. ver 17; Judges 11:4
• 5. Judges 1:22
• 6. S Judges 3:9
• 7. S Exodus 9:27; Psalms 32:5; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 14:20
• 8. Jeremiah 2:27; 1 Samuel 12:10