13. Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
14. Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”
15. And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.”
16. So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
17. Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
18. And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”