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Judges 10

Tola

After Abimelech there ^aarose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. 2 He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

3 After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 Now he had thirty sons who ^arode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, ^bwhich are called ¹“Havoth Jair” to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died and was buried in Camon.

Israel Oppressed Again

6 Then ^athe children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^bserved the Baals and the Ashtoreths, ^cthe gods of Syria, the gods of ^dSidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He ^asold them into the hands of the ^bPhilistines and into the hands of the people of ^cAmmon. 8 From that year they ¹harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the ^aland of the Amorites, in Gilead. 9 Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.
10 ^aAnd the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have ^bsinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”
11 So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ^afrom the Egyptians and ^bfrom the Amorites and ^cfrom the people of Ammon and ^dfrom the Philistines? 12 Also ^athe Sidonians ^band Amalekites and ¹Maonites ^coppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 ^aYet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. 14 “Go and ^acry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! ^aDo to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” 16 ^aSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And ^bHis soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
17 Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in ^aMizpah. 18 And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall ^abe head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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