(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Judges 10:6–9, “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.”
Israel wandered away from keeping the Law and followed the practices of the people who were in the Land before they took possession. They also chose to follow the gods of their neighbours as well. Because Israel didn’t keep their part of the contract they had made and remade with the Lord, the Lord invoked the penalty clauses of the contract and handed them over to the tender mercies of the gods they chose to serve. Consequently, the Philistines and the Ammonites came and occupied Israel so that they could experience the truth of their choices. During this period Israel experienced great hardship, as anyone who choses to ignore the Lord God in the long term can expect.
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