5. and they offered sacrifices to the Lord. From then on, they called that place “Crying”.
10. After a while the people of Joshua's generation died, and the next generation did not know the Lord or any of the things he had done for Israel.
16. From time to time, the Lord would choose special leaders known as judges. These judges would lead the Israelites into battle and defeat the enemies that made raids on them.
17. In years gone by, the Israelites had been faithful to the Lord, but now they were quick to be unfaithful and to refuse even to listen to these judges. The Israelites would disobey the Lord, and instead of worshipping him, they would worship other gods.
18. When enemies made life miserable for the Israelites, the Lord would feel sorry for them. He would choose a judge and help that judge rescue Israel from its enemies. The Lord would be kind to Israel as long as that judge lived.