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But they settled among the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshipped their gods.(A)

Othniel, the First Judge

The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; they forgot the Lord their God(B) and worshipped the Baals and the Asherahs. The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim[a] of Aram-naharaim,[b](C) and the Israelites served him for eight years.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit Doubly-Evil
  2. 3:8 = Mesopotamia