Judg 10 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah , the son of Dodo , a man of Issachar , arose to save Israel ; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim .

Judges 10

Oppression of Philistines and Ammonites

1 Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, ^aarose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.

3 After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities ^{▼▼ Lit which are in}in the land of Gilead ^cthat are called ^{▼▼ I.e. the towns of Jair}Havvoth-jair to this day. 5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^eserved the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, ^fthe gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus ^gthey forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He ^hsold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon. 8 They ^{▼▼ Lit shattered}afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel ^{▼▼ Lit in that}that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan ^{▼▼ Lit which is in}in Gilead in the land of the Amorites. 9 The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

10 Then the ^lsons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.” 11 The Lord said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ^mfrom the Egyptians, ⁿthe Amorites, ^othe sons of Ammon, and the Philistines? 12 “Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites ^poppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands. 13 “Yet ^qyou have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you. 14 ^r“Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.” 15 The sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, ^sdo to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.” 16 ^tSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and ^{▼▼ Lit His soul was short with the misery
,} ^vHe could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

17 Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in ^wMizpah. 18 The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”