And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
That year they troubled and mistreated the people of Israel for eighteen years, all the Israelites who lived on the east side of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites, in the region of Gilead.
The writer is describing how Israel's enemies oppressed and harassed the Israelites living east of the Jordan River for eighteen long years.
📚 Historical Context
During the period of the Judges in ancient Israel, the nation frequently turned away from God through idolatry, which resulted in God allowing enemy nations to oppress them as a form of discipline. In Judges 10, the Ammonites specifically began to harass and oppress the Israelite tribes living east of the Jordan River in the region of Gilead, continuing this for eighteen years. This event fits into the larger cycle of Israel's unfaithfulness and subsequent suffering described throughout the Book of Judges.
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