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Turn again (Judges 11:7)

⁷ And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

When David was in flight:

^{1Sa 22:2} And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

^{1Ki 8:33} When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

God was constantly chastising Israel in order to get them to turn to Him. Their distress was the disciplining rod of God wielded to bring them to repentance.

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