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.
10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and
was buried in Shamir.
10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel
twenty and two years.
10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and
they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair to this
day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
10:6 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.
10:7 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.
10:8 And that year they harassed and oppressed the children of
Israel eighteen years, all the children of Israel that [were]
on the other side of Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which
[is] in Gilead.
10:9 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 greatly distressed.
10:10 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, We
have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our
God, and also served Baalim.
10:11 And the LORD said to 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?
10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites
oppressed you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of
their hand.
10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore
I will deliver you no more.
10:14 Go and cry to the gods which ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
10:15 And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have
sinned: do thou to us whatever seemeth good to thee; deliver us
only, we pray thee, this day.
10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and
served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of
Israel.
10:17 Then the children of Ammon were assembled, and encamped in
Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves, and
encamped in Mizpeh.
10:18 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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