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The Sinful Failure of Israel
Here we find Israel forgetting their maker and making unholy alliances with their pagan neighbors (vv. 1-4). As a result of living among their unconquered foes intermarriages soon took place and idolatry followed (vv. 5- 7). When believers make common cause with the unbeliever the ...

Israel’s Apostasy is Described
Eglon, king of Moab, with his own people and aided by the Amalekites crossed the Jordan, seized Jericho, and compelled the Jews to pay tribute (vv. 12-13). The Amalekites were nomads of the desert who were fierce fighters. Ehud, a Benjamite, the second judge, took to Eglon a tribute ...