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When Jacob [and his sons] had come into Egypt [and later when the Egyptians oppressed them] and your [a]fathers cried out to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place. But when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of [b]Sisera, commander of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 They cried out to the Lord, saying, ‘We have sinned because we have abandoned (rejected) the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now rescue us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:8 I.e. the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and his twelve sons.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:9 These may be representatives of Israel’s enemies during the time of the Judges: Sisera of Hazor to the north, the Philistines to the west, and Moab to the south and west.

“After Jacob(A) entered Egypt, they cried(B) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent(C) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

“But they forgot(D) the Lord their God; so he sold them(E) into the hand of Sisera,(F) the commander of the army of Hazor,(G) and into the hands of the Philistines(H) and the king of Moab,(I) who fought against them. 10 They cried(J) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken(K) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.(L) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

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