The Covenant Box of the LORD stayed in Kiriath Jearim a long time, some twenty years. During this time all the Israelites cried to the LORD for help.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he sent someone to free them. This was Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he sent someone to free them. This was Ehud, a left-handed man, who was the son of Gera, from the tribe of Benjamin. The people of Israel sent Ehud to King Eglon of Moab with gifts for him.

Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help.

Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help against the Midianites,

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD and said, "We have sinned against you, for we left you, our God, and worshiped the Baals."

But the people of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do whatever you like, but please, save us today."

Whenever he killed some of them, the rest would turn to him; they would repent and pray earnestly to him.

They remembered that God was their protector, that the Almighty came to their aid.

Yet the LORD heard them when they cried out, and he took notice of their distress.

You punished your people, LORD, and in anguish they prayed to you.

They stopped worshiping the LORD and served the Baals and the Astartes.

The people of Israel forgot the LORD their God; they sinned against him and worshiped the idols of Baal and Asherah.

But the people of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do whatever you like, but please, save us today."

So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the LORD; and he became troubled over Israel's distress.

All the rigging on those ships is useless; the sails cannot be spread! We will seize all the wealth of enemy armies, and there will be so much that even the lame can get a share. The LORD himself will be our king; he will rule over us and protect us.

(SEE 1:73)

so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life.

We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death.

He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.