Judg 10
1
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo,
a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
2
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3
And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he 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 Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5
And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
6
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, and
served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon,
and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines;
and they forsook YHWH, and served him not.
7
And the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of
the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
8
And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed
they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites,
which is in Gilead.
9
And the children of Ammon passed over the 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 to YHWH, saying, We have sinned against you, even
because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
11
And YHWH said to the children of Israel, [Did] not [I save you] from the Egyptians,
and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and you
cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13
Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more.
14
Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your
distress.
15
And the children of Israel said to YHWH, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems
good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this day.
16
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served YHWH; 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 Mizpah.
18
And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he who will
begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants
of Gilead.