8. They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year – that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.
9. The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.
10. The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
11. The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
12. the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.