Judges 3:5-11 (KJV)
Living among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites had a negative impact on the Children of Israel. For Israel "...took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods" (v. 6). Israel forgot the real God Who lead them out of Egypt and served Baalim.
"Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died" (vs. 8-11).
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