4 And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to¹ know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.  ‡

5 ^aThus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.  ‡

7 So the children of Israel did ^aevil in the sight of the Lord. They ^bforgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.  ‡

8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He ^asold them into the hand of ^bCushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.  ‡