The children of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned!
Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”
They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead.
The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpah.
The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon?
He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”