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The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD ; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, ^(F11) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

But when they cried out to the LORD , he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, who saved them.

The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, so that he became Israel's judge ^(F12) and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.