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Jud 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.
Jud 10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
Jud 10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty
and two years.
Jud 10:4 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.
Jud 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
Jud 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.
Jud 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.
Jud 10:8 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.
Jud 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 sore distressed.
Jud 10:10 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.
Jud 10:11 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?
Jud 10:12 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.
Jud 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more.
Jud 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver
you in the time of your tribulation.
Jud 10:15 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.
Jud 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.
Jud 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped
in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and
encamped in Mizpeh.
Jud 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. |