Judges 10
The Philistines and Ammonites Afflict the Israelites
1After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dod, a man of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel; and he was living at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2And he judged Israel twenty-three years. And he died and was buried in Shamir. 3After him Jair the Gileadite rose up, and he judged Israel twenty-two years. 4And he had thirty sons who would ride on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns that are in the land of Gilead that they called Havvoth Jair until this day. 5And Jair died and was buried in Kamon. 6And again, the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and the gods of the ⌞Ammonites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
and Philistines; they abandoned Yahweh and did not serve him. 7And ⌞the anger of Yahweh burned⌟ ▼▼Literally “the nose of Yahweh became hot”
against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and the ⌞Ammonites⌟. ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
8They crushed and oppressed the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
in that year; for eighteen years they crushed all the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, ▼▼Hebrew “Amorite”
which is in Gilead. 9The ⌞Ammonites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was very distressed. 10Then the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
cried out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.” 11And Yahweh said to the ⌞Israelites⌟, ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
“Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, ▼▼Hebrew “from Egypt”
the Amorites, ▼▼Hebrew “Amorite”
from the ⌞Ammonites⌟, ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
and from the Philistines? ▼▼Hebrew “Philistine”
12And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, ▼▼Hebrew “Amalekite”
and the Maonites ▼▼Hebrew “Maonite”
oppressed you, you cried out to me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer deliver you. 14Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your trouble.” 15And the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
said to Yahweh, “We have sinned; ⌞do to us accordingly as you see fit⌟; ▼▼Literally “do to us according to the good in your eyes”
only please deliver us this day.” 16So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and ⌞he could no longer bear⌟ ▼▼Literally “his soul was short with”
the misery of Israel. 17And the ⌞Ammonites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
were summoned, ▼▼Or “were called to arms”
and they camped in Gilead. And the ⌞Israelites⌟ ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
gathered and camped at Mizpah. 18The people, the ones commanding Gilead, ⌞said to each other⌟, ▼▼Literally “said each to his neighbor”
“Who is the man that will begin to fight against the ⌞Ammonites⌟? ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
He will be as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
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