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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.
02 And he judged Israel twenty and three years,
and died, and was buried in Shamir.
03 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and
judged Israel twenty and two years.
04 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.
05 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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