Judges 10:6-18
Here the Bible articulates more specifically before the reason for Israel's problems. By worshipping idols, Israel was putting God in a position where He could not save them. Saving the Israelites would only make the idol worship stronger, since the idols would get the credit for God's salvation. To break their idol addiction God allowed the Philistines and Ammonites to raid the Israelites. This is the beginning of a long series of extensive Philistine raids. At this stage however, the Ammonites were the greater threat, overrunning Gilead and even crossing the Jordan to raid Ephraim, Benjamin and Judah.
The Israelites wake up to the fact that their idols are not saving them and ask God to do it. God refuses at first, until the Israelites persist and get rid of their idols, though they may have simply put them in the attic so to speak. Sometimes we need to persist in prayer for our own sakes. So we know we are truly repentant.
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