CHAP. X.
AND after Abimelech, there arose a to ‖ ‡ de∣send Israel b, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Sha∣mir in mount Ephraim c.
2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and dyed, and was buried in Shamir.
3 ¶ And after him arose Jair a Gileadite d, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass▪colts e▪ and they had thirty cities, which are called ‖ Havoth-jair f, unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Paalim, 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 Philistins, and forsook the LORD, and ser∣ved not him g.
7 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 h.
8 And that year they vexed and † oppressed the children of Israel eighteen years i, all the chil∣dren of Israel that were on the other side Jordan, in the land of the Amorite which is in Gilead.
9 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.
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 ser∣ved Baalim k.
11 And the LORD said l unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites m, from the children of Am∣mon n, and from the Philistines o?
12 The Zidonians p also, and the Amalekites q, and Maonites r did oppress you, and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.