Judges 10

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Tola

¹After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

¹And there arose after Abimelech to save Israel Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar. And he dwelt in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

²Tola judged^a Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

²And He judged Israel twenty-three years, and he died, and he was buried in Shamir.

Jair

³Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

³And arose after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.

⁴He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.^a

⁴And there were unto him thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and thirty towns unto him, which are called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

⁵When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

⁵And Jair died, and he was buried in Kamon.

Oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites

⁶And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

⁶And the sons of Israel added to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and they served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and they forsook YHWH and did not serve Him.

⁷So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

⁷And the anger of YHWH was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.

⁸who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

⁸And they harassed and oppressed the sons of Israel—from that year, eighteen years, all the sons of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorite, that is, in Gilead.

⁹The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

⁹And the sons of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim. And Israel was greatly distressed.

¹⁰Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

¹⁰And the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

¹¹The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

¹¹And YHWH said to the sons of Israel, “Did not I save you from Egypt, and from the Amorite, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

¹²Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites^a oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

¹²And the Sidonians and Amalekite and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.

¹³But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

¹³And you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will not add to deliver you.

¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

¹⁴Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”

¹⁵“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

¹⁵And the sons of Israel said to YHWH, “We have sinned. You do to us according to all that is good in Your eyes. Only deliver us, please, this day.”

¹⁶So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

¹⁶And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and they served YHWH, and His soul was shortened in the misery of Israel.

¹⁷Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

¹⁷And the sons of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead, and the sons of Israel assembled and encamped in Mizpah.

¹⁸And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”

¹⁸And the people—the leaders of Gilead—said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all those dwelling in Gilead.”