Judges 10
1 And after Abimelech Thola the son of
Phua rose up to save Israel, being the son of
ai. e. Abimelech's.his father's brother, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Samir in mount
Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel
twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Samir.
3 And after him arose Jair of Galaad,
and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
4 And he had thirty-two sons riding on
thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's
towns until this day in the land of Galaad.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in
Rhamnon.
6 And the children of Israel did evil
again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Astaroth, and the gods
of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the
children of Ammon, and the gods of the Phylistines; and they forsook the Lord,
and did not serve him. 7 And the Lord
was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of the Phylistines,
and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
8 And they afflicted and bruised the
children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel
beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Galaad.
9 And the children of Ammon went over
Jordan to fight with Juda, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of
Israel were greatly afflicted.
10 And the children of Israel cried
to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken
God, and served Baalim. 11 And the
Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not
save you from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from
the children of Ammon, and from the Phylistines,
12 and from the Sidonians, and
Amalec, and Madiam, who afflicted you? and ye cried to me, and I saved you out
of their hand? 13 Yet ye forsook me
and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more.
14 Go, and cry to the gods whom ye
have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your
affliction. 15 And the children of
Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do thou to us according to all
that is good in thine eyes; only deliver us this day.
16 And they put away the strange gods
from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for
the trouble of Israel.
17 And the children of Ammon went up,
and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and
encamped
bOr, near the watch-tower. Heb. מעפה, name of a town.on the hill. 18 And the people the
princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbour, Who
is he that shall begin to fight against the children
of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad.