Judges 10

Tola

10After 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. ²He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

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

Israel Oppressed Again

⁶Then ^dthe children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^eserved the Baals and the Ashtoreths, ^fthe gods of Syria, the gods of ^gSidon, 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. ⁷So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He ^hsold them into the hands of the ⁱPhilistines and into the hands of the people of ^jAmmon. ⁸From that year they ²harassed 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 ^kland of the Amorites, in Gilead. ⁹Moreover 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.

^10lAnd the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have ^msinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”

¹¹So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ⁿfrom the Egyptians and ^ofrom the Amorites and ^pfrom the people of Ammon and ^qfrom the Philistines? ¹²Also ^rthe Sidonians ^sand Amalekites and ³Maonites ^toppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. ^13uYet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. ¹⁴Go and ^vcry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”

¹⁵And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! ^wDo to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” ^16xSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And ^yHis soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

¹⁷Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in ^zMizpah. ¹⁸And 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.”