He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
They took their daughters to be their wives, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their gods. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they forgot Jehovah their God, and they served Baalim and the groves ( Judges 3:6-7 ).