Judges 5:8

The Song Of Deborah And Barak

⁷ Villages were deserted,
they were deserted in Israel,
until I, Deborah, arose,
a mother in Israel.
⁸ Israel chose new gods,
then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or spear was seen
among 40,000 in Israel.
⁹ My heart is with the leaders of Israel,
with the volunteers of the people.
Praise the Lord!

City Gate

Israel

No

Deuteronomy 32:16-17

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;
they enraged Him with detestable practices.

Judges 2:12

and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They infuriated the Lord,

Judges 2:17

but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands. They did not do as their fathers did.

Judges 4:3

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, because Jabin had 900 iron chariots, and he harshly oppressed them 20 years.

1 Samuel 13:19-22

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”