Judges 10

18 verses

Verse 1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. Verse 2 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. Verse 3 After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. Verse 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Verse 5 Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. Verse 6 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals, 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 the Lord, and did not serve him. Verse 7 The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon. Verse 8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. Eighteen years they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Verse 9 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 very distressed. Verse 10 The children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals." Verse 11 The Lord said to the children of Israel, "Did I not save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? Verse 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. Verse 13 Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more. Verse 14 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress." Verse 15 The children of Israel said to the Lord, "We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, this day." Verse 16 They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Verse 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped at Mizpah. Verse 18 The people, the rulers of Gilead, said to each other, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."