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^(C1)The sons of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;

and ^(C1)they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

So the sons of Israel did ^(C1)what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they ^(C2)forgot the LORD their God and ^(C3)served the Baals and the ^(F1)Asheroth.

Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of ^(F1)Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

But the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to set them free, ^(C1)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

And ^(C1)the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went to war, the LORD handed over to him Cushan-rishathaim king of ^(F1)Mesopotamia, so that ^(F2)he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

Then the land was at rest for forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.