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.