"After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel did evil in the
sight of the Lord and forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who
brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,
of the gods of the people that were round about them, the Baals
and Astartes. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel,
and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers, that spoiled
them and sold them into the hand of their enemies round about;
whithersoever they went out the hand of the Lord was against
them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn
unto them; and they were greatly distressed. Nevertheless the
Lord raised up unto them judges, and was with the judge, and
delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
of the judge, for it repented the Lord because of their
groanings, by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
And it came to pass when the judge was dead that they returned
and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following
other gods to serve them; they ceased not from their own doings,
nor from their stubborn way. And the anger of the Lord was hot
against Israel," &c.
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