Old Testament · Judges

Judges 10

Tola

1And there arose after Abimelech to save^a Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man^b of Issachar; and he was dwelling in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and he died, and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

3And there arose after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty and two years. 4And he had thirty sons riding on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities; they call them Havvoth-jair until this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

5And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.

Oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites

6And the children of Israel added to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD, and served^c the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, 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 they forsook the LORD, and did not serve Him.

7And 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. 8And they shattered and crushed the children of Israel in that year; eighteen years all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorite that is in Gilead.

9And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and Israel was greatly distressed.

10And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, and because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim."

11And the LORD said to the children of Israel, "Was it not from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines— 12And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I saved you out of their hand. 13Yet you have forsaken Me, and served other gods; therefore I will not add to save you. 14Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen for yourselves; let them save you in the time of your distress."

15And the children of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned; do You to us according to all that is good in Your eyes; only deliver us, please, this day." 16And they put away the gods of the foreigner from among them, and served the LORD; and His soul^d grew short at the misery of Israel.

17And the children of Ammon were called together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel gathered, and encamped in Mizpah. 18And the people, the princes of Gilead, said man to his neighbor, "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."