Judges 10
Tola and Jair Judge
Israel |
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And after Abim'elech there arose to
defend Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah, the son of Dodo, a man of
Is'sachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount E'phra-im.
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And he judged Israel twenty and three
years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
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And after him arose Ja'ir, a
Gil'e-adite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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And he had thirty sons that rode on
thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called
Havoth-ja'ir unto this day, which are in the land of
Gil'e-ad.
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And Ja'ir died, and was buried in
Camon.
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Jephthah Delivers
Israel from the Ammonites |
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And the children of Israel did evil
again in the sight of the LORD, and served
Ba'alim, and Ash'taroth, 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.
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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 Gil'e-ad.
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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 E'phra-im; so that Israel was sore
distressed.
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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
Ba'alim.
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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?
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12 |
The Zido'ni-ans also, and the
Amal'ekites, and the Ma'onites, 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.
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14 |
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have
chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your
tribulation.
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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.
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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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Then the children of Ammon were
gathered together, and encamped in Gil'e-ad. And the children of
Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in
Mizpeh.
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And the people and princes of
Gil'e-ad 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 Gil'e-ad.
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