Victory was short - lived, however, as Israelite Judge Ehud drove the invaders back. An uneasy truce lasted until the days of Judge Jephthah.
तब तक इस्राएल जाति मूर्तिपूजा में पड़ चुकी थी, सो यहोवा ने अपना संरक्षण हटा लिया ।