10. The Lord’s spirit was in Othniel, and he led Israel. When he marched out for war, the Lord handed over Aram’s King Cushan-rishathaim. Othniel overpowered Cushan-rishathaim,
11. and the land was peaceful for forty years, until Othniel, Kenaz’s son, died.
12. The Israelites again did things that the Lord saw as evil, and the Lord put Moab’s King Eglon in power over them, because they did these things that the Lord saw as evil.
13. He convinced the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, defeated Israel, and took possession of Palm City.
14. So the Israelites served Moab’s King Eglon eighteen years.