Judges 6:7

When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of the Midianites,

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

In Context

6The Israelites were made desperately poor by the Midianites and they called out to the Lord for help.

8the Lord sent the Israelites a prophet. He told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought you out of Egypt; I led you out from the place where you were slaves.

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Cross References

Judges 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, and he saved them.

Psalms 106:44Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:2-7

The Inroads of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they… Read the whole commentary →

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