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Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
Judges 10:12 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
  • KJV The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
  • NKJV Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and Maonites oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand.
  • NASB And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hands.
  • NLT the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you.

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Quick answer

The LORD lists still more nations from whom he delivered Israel when they cried out. His faithfulness has been constant despite their sin.

Overview

God continues the catalog of past salvations, including Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites, all delivered in response to Israel's cries. The repeated pattern exposes how often Israel returned to sin after being rescued. The mounting evidence of grace heightens the seriousness of their present apostasy.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • Judg 6:3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
  • Judg 5:19–31Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
  • Ps 106:42–43Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
  • 2 Chr 26:6–7Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Judges videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.

How Judges 10:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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