Judges 10:13-18

13 But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

15 But the Israelites said to the LORD, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”

16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

17 When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

18 The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.”

Judges 10:13-18 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 32:15
• 2. Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 13:10
• 3. Isaiah 44:17; Isaiah 57:13
• 4. Deuteronomy 32:37; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 11:12; Habakkuk 2:18
• 5. 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 10:12; 2 Samuel 15:26; Job 1:21; Isaiah 39:8
• 6. Joshua 24:23; Jeremiah 18:8
• 7. Isaiah 63:9
• 8. S Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalms 106:44-45
• 9. S Genesis 31:49; Judges 11:29
• 10. Judges 11:8,9