And the children of Israel did evilagain in the sight of the LORD, and servedBaalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
And thatyeartheyvexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteenyears, all the children of Israelthatwere on the othersideJordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Moreover the children of AmmonpassedoverJordan to fightalsoagainstJudah, and againstBenjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so thatIsrael was soredistressed.
And the LORDsaidunto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
And the people and princes of Gileadsaid one to another, What man is he thatwillbegin to fightagainst the children of Ammon? he shall be headover all the inhabitants of Gilead.