9 And the sons of Israel began to call to Jehovah for aid.+ Then Jehovah raised a savior+ up for the sons of Israel that he might save them, Othʹni·el+ the son of Keʹnaz,+ the younger brother of Caʹleb.+

3 And the sons of Israel began to cry out to Jehovah,+ because he had nine hundred war chariots with iron scythes,*+ and he himself oppressed the sons of Israel+ with harshness twenty years.

15 But the sons of Israel said to Jehovah: “We have sinned.+ You yourself do to us according to anything that is good in your eyes.+ Only deliver us, please, this day.”+

8 So the sons of Israel said to Samuel: “Do not keep silent for our sakes from calling to Jehovah our God for aid,+ that he may save us from the hand of the Phi·lisʹtines.”

28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they would again do what is bad before you,+ and you would leave them to the hand of their enemies, who would tread them down.+ Then they would return and call to you for aid,+ and you yourself would hear from the very heavens+ and deliver them in accord with your abundant mercy, time and again.+