14. Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them save you in your time of distress.
15. But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever is good in your sight. Only deliver us this day!”
16. And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the Lord, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel.
17. The Ammonites were called out for war and encamped in Gilead, while the Israelites assembled and encamped at Mizpah.
18. The captains of the army of Gilead said to one another, “The one who begins the war against the Ammonites shall be leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”