| Chapter 10
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| 1 | And after
Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a
man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. |
| 2 | And he judged Israel twenty and three
years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. |
| 3 | And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel
twenty and two years. |
| 4 |
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty
cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of
Gilead. |
| 5 | And Jair died,
and was buried in Camon. |
| 6 |
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, 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 forsook the LORD, and served not him. |
| 7 | And the anger of the LORD was hot
against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into
the hands of the children of Ammon. |
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8 | And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan
in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. |
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9 | Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to
fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of
Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. |
| 10 | And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying,
We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also
served Baalim. |
| 11 | And
the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the
Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the
Philistines? |
| 12 | The
Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye
cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. |
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13 | Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods:
wherefore I will deliver you no more. |
| 14 | Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of your tribulation. |
| 15 | And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have
sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we
pray thee, this day. |
| 16 |
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and
his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. |
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17 | Then the children of Ammon were gathered together,
and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves
together, and encamped in Mizpeh. |
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18 | And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What
man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be
head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. |
