Judges

Judges 10

1Tola judgeth Israel; 3and after him Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities. 6The children of Israel fall again into idolatry, and are oppressed by the Philistines and Ammonites. 10They cry unto God, and are sent by him for help unto their false gods. 15Upon their repentance he pitieth them. 17They assemble and consult about choosing a head.

1AND after Abimelech there ^aarose to ¹defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in ^bmount Ephraim.

a ch. 3.9,15; 4.6; 2.16,18. He. 5.4. b Jos. 24.33.

2And 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.

4And ^che had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called ²Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

c ch. 12.14; 5.10. Pr. 17.6.

5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

6¶And ^dthe children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and ^eserved Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of ^fZidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the ^gPhilistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

d ch. 2.11,13; 3.7; 4.1; 6.1; 13.1. 1Ki. 11.33. 1Sa. 5.2. Eze. 16.25,26. Je. 2.13. e ch. 2.13. f 1Ki. 11.5,7. 2Ki. 23.13. g ch. 16.23.

7And ^hthe anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of ⁱthe children of Ammon.

h ch. 2.14,15,20. De. 32.16-22,30. Is. 59.2. Le. 26.24,25. 1Sa. 12.9. i 1Sa. 11.1.

8And that ^jyear they ^*vexed and ³oppressed 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.

j v.5. Is. 30.13. 1Th. 5.3.

9^kMoreover 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.

k ch. 3.13; 6.3,5. 2Ch. 15.5. De. 28.65.

10¶And ^lthe children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

l ch. 3.9,15; 4.3; 6.6. 1Sa. 7.2,6; 12.10. Ps. 106.44; 107.13,19,28.

11And ^mthe LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from ⁿthe Egyptians, and from ^othe Amorites, from ^pthe children of Ammon, and from ^qthe Philistines?

m ch. 2.1-3; 3; 4; 7. Ex. 7-14. 1Sa. 12.7-11. Ne. 9.26-30. Eze. 20. n Ex. 14.30. o Nu. 21.21-24,33-35. p ch. 3.13. q ch. 3.31.

12The Zidonians also, and ^rthe Amalekites, and ^sthe Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

r ch. 3.13; 6.3. s 1Ch. 4.41. 2Ch. 26.7.

13Yet ^tye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

t De. 32.15. Je. 2.13; 18.7,8. Jonah 3.4; 2.4.

14^uGo and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

u De. 32.37,38. 1Ki. 18.27,28. 2Ki. 3.13. Je. 2.28. Pr. 1.24-32.

15¶And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, ^vWe have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever ⁴seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

v Jonah 2.4. Job 33.27; 34.31,32. Je. 3.13. 1Sa. 3.18. 2Sa. 10.12; 15.26; 24.10,14. Lu. 13.8,9.

16And they ^wput away ⁵the ^*strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and ^xhis soul ⁶was grieved for the misery of Israel.

w 2Ch. 7.14. Ho. 14.1-3,8. x Is. 63.9-14. Ho.11.8. Zec. 2.8. Joel 2.13. Ps. 106.45; 135.14. De. 32.36. Je. 31.20. La. 3.32. ch. 2.18.

17Then the children of Ammon were ⁷gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in ^yMizpeh.

y Ge. 31.49. ch. 11.11,29,34. Jos. 11.3,8.

18And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, ^zWhat man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

z ch. 11.5-8,11. De. 20.5,6. Ps. 44.14,15. Is. 34.12; 3.6,7. 2Sa. 5.8. 1Sa. 17.25,26.