Judg 10 | ABEn | STEP | And rose up after Abimelech to deliver Israel, Tola son of Phua, son of his uncle, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

Judges 10

CHAPTER 10 Tola and Jair Judge Israel

1 And rose up after Abimelech to deliver Israel, Tola son of Phua, son of his uncle, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and he died, and he was entombed in Shamir. 3 And rose up after him Jair the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And there were born to him thirty sons mounted upon thirty foals. And thirty cities were his, and they called them, Properties of Jair until this day, the ones which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died and was entombed in Camon.

Israel Afflicted by the Nations

6 And [⁴proceeded ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] to do wickedly before the lord, and they served to the Baalim, and to the Ashtaroths, and to the gods of Syria, and to the gods of Sidon, and to the gods of Moab, and to the gods of the sons of Ammon, and to the gods of the Philistines; and they abandoned the lord, and did not serve to him. 7 And [²was enraged ³in anger ¹the lord] against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon. 8 And they disintegrated and crushed the sons of Israel in that time -- eighteen years, all of the sons of Israel on the other side of the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, in Gilead. 9 And [⁴passed over ¹the ²sons ³of Ammon] the Jordan to wage war even against Judah and Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and they afflicted the sons of Israel exceedingly. 10 And [⁴cried out ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] to the lord, saying, We sinned against you, for we abandoned our God, and we served to the Baalim. 11 And the lord said to the sons of Israel, Is it not the Egyptians, and the Amorites, and the sons of Ammon, and Moab, and the Philistines, 12 and Sidonians, and Amalek, and Canaan that squeeze you out? and you cried out to me, and I delivered you from out of their hand. 13 And you abandoned me, and served other gods. On account of this I will not proceed to deliver you. 14 Proceed and yell to the gods whom you chose for yourselves, and let them deliver you in the time of your affliction! 15 And [⁴said ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] to the lord, We sinned, do to us according to all whatever as much as should be pleasing before you, only rescue us in this day! 16 And they removed [³gods ¹the ²alien] from their midst, and they served to the lord. And he was faint-hearted over the toil of Israel. 17 And there ascended up the sons of Ammon, and they camped in Gilead. And [⁴came forth ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] and camped in Mizpeh. 18 And [³said ¹the ²people], and the rulers of Gilead, each man to his neighbor, Who is the man who shall begin to wage war with the sons of Ammon, for he shall be head to all the ones dwelling in Gilead?