[3:7] The people of Israel forgot the Lord their God; they sinned against him and worshiped the idols of Baal and Asherah.
[3:8] So the Lord became angry with Israel and let King Cushan Rishathaim of Mesopotamia conquer them. They were subject to him for eight years.
[3:9] Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he sent someone to free them. This was Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz.
[3:10] The spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he became Israel's leader. Othniel went to war, and the Lord gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.
[3:11] There was peace in the land for forty years, and then Othniel died.