Judg 2:18, 3:9, 4:3, 6:6-10, 10:10-16, 1Sa 7:8-12, 2Ki 14:26-27 | ESV | STEP | Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge , and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge . For the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

Judges 2:18

18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, ^athe Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. ^bFor the Lord was moved to pity by ^ctheir groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

Judges 3:9

9 But when the people of Israel ^dcried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a ^edeliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, ^fOthniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

Judges 4:3

3 Then the people of Israel ^gcried out to the Lord for help, for he had ^h900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.

Judges 6:6-10

6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel ⁱcried out for help to the Lord.

7 When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites, 8 the Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ^jI led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. 9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and ^kdrove them out before you and gave you their land. 10 And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; ^lyou shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not obeyed my voice.”

Judges 10:10-16

10 And the people of Israel ^mcried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because ⁿwe have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” 11 And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you ^ofrom the Egyptians and ^pfrom the Amorites, ^qfrom the Ammonites and ^rfrom the Philistines? 12 The Sidonians also, and ^sthe Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I ^tsaved you out of their hand. 13 Yet you have ^uforsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. 14 Go and cry out ^vto the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” 15 And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and ^whe became impatient over the misery of Israel.

1 Samuel 7:8-12

8 And the people of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And ^xSamuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. ^yBut the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.

12 Then Samuel ^ztook a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen ^{▼▼Hebrew; Septuagint, Syriac Jeshanah} and called its name Ebenezer; ^{▼▼ Ebenezer means stone of help} for he said, “Till now the Lord has helped us.”

2 Kings 14:26-27

26 For the Lord ^acsaw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, ^adfor there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel. 27 ^aeBut the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.