Judges 10:17

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

The verse stands in the account of Israel's turning away from God. It belongs to the time when that backsliding brought suffering under oppressive power. It stands also in the account of Israel's return to God from that condition. It belongs to the record of the deliverance that followed that return.