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
.
He judged Israel
twenty-three
years
. Then he died
and was buried
in Shamir
.
After him, Jair
the Gileadite
arose
and judged
Israel
twenty-two
years
.
He had thirty
sons
who rode
on thirty
donkeys
, and they had thirty
cities
1in the land
of Gilead
athat are called
2Havvoth-jair
to this
day
.
And Jair died
and was buried
in Kamon
.
Then the sons of Israel
again
did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, aserved
the Baals
and the Ashtaroth
, the gods
of Aram
, the gods
of Sidon
, the gods
of Moab
, bthe gods
of the sons
of Ammon
, and the gods
of the Philistines
; thus cthey forsook
the LORD
and did not serve
Him.
The anger of the LORD
burned
against Israel
, and He asold
them into the hands
of the Philistines
and into the hands
of the sons
of Ammon
.
They 1afflicted and crushed
the sons
of Israel
2that year
; for eighteen
years
they afflicted all
the sons
of Israel
who
were beyond
the Jordan
3in Gilead
in the land
of the Amorites
.
The sons of Ammon
crossed
the Jordan
to fight
also
against Judah
, Benjamin
, and the house
of Ephraim
, so that Israel
was greatly
distressed
.
Then the asons of Israel
cried
out to the LORD
, saying
, "We have sinned
against You, for indeed, we have forsaken
our God
and served
the Baals
."
The LORD said
to the sons
of Israel
, "Did I not deliver you afrom the Egyptians
, bthe Amorites
, cthe sons
of Ammon
, and the Philistines
?
"Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites
and the Maonites
aoppressed
you, you cried
out to Me, and I delivered
you from their hands
.
"Yet ayou have forsaken Me and served
other
gods
; therefore
I will no
longer
deliver
you.
" aGo and cry
out to the gods
which
you have chosen
; let them deliver
you in the time
of your distress
."
The sons of Israel
said
to the LORD
, "We have sinned
, ado
to us whatever
seems good
to You; only
please
deliver
us this
day
."
aSo they put away
the foreign
gods
from among
them and served
the LORD
; and 1 bHe could
bear
the misery
of Israel
no
longer
.
Then the sons of Ammon
were summoned
and they camped
in Gilead
. And the sons
of Israel
gathered
together and camped
in aMizpah
.
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
."