Judges 10
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.