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Judges 3:7-9
International Standard Version
Judges 3:7-9
International Standard Version
7 The Israelis kept on practicing evil in full view of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served Canaanite male and female deities.[a] 8 Then in his burning anger against Israel, the Lord delivered them to domination by King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim.[b] So the Israelis served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years. 9 When the Israelis cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, to deliver[c] them,[d] and he did.
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- Judges 3:7 Lit. served the Baals and the Ashtaroth
- Judges 3:8 Or Aram of the Two Rivers; i.e. Mesopotamia
- Judges 3:9 Lit. to be a deliverer for; or to be a messiah
- Judges 3:9 Lit. deliver the Israelis
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