Judges 10
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1 And after Abimelech there
arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar;
and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged Israel twenty and three
years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite,
and judged Israel twenty and two years.
4 And he had thirty sons that rode on
thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto
this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6 And the children of Israel
did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and
the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of
the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD,
and served not him.
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot
against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the
hands of the children of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and oppressed
the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were
on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed
over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the
house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
10 And the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have
forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
11 And the LORD said unto the children of
Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the
Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites,
and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out
of their hand.
13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served
other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have
chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
15 And the children of Israel said unto
the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee;
deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange gods from
among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of
Israel.
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.
18 And the people and princes of
Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight
against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of
Gilead.
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