Judges 10

Tola and Jair

1 After Abimelech there arose to h save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in i the hill country of Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.

3 After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 And he had thirty sons who j rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, k which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

Further Disobedience and Oppression

6 l The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord m and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, n the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they o forsook the Lord and did not serve him. 7 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and p he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, 8 and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

10 And the people of Israel q cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because r we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals." 11 And the Lord said to the people of Israel, "Did I not save you s from the Egyptians and t from the Amorites, u from the Ammonites and v from the Philistines? 12 The Sidonians also, and w the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I x saved you out of their hand. 13 Yet you have y forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. 14 Go and cry out z to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress." 15 And the people of Israel said to the Lord, "We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day." 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and a he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

17 Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at b Mizpah. 18 And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? c He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."

  1. Cross References
    Judges 10:12 - 13
    The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
    Judges 2:16
    Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  3. Cross References
    Judges 5:10
    Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
    Judges 12:14
    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:14
    Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
  5. Cross References
    Judges 2:11
    And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.
  6. Cross References
    Judges 2:13
    They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:5
    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
    1 Kings 11:7
    Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
    1 Kings 11:33
    Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
    2 Kings 23:13
    And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  8. Cross References
    Judges 10:10
    And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.
    Judges 10:13
    Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
    Deuteronomy 31:16
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
  9. Cross References
    Judges 2:14
    So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
  10. Cross References
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 10:6
    The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve him.
    Judges 10:13
    Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 14:30
    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 21:21 - 32
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
  14. Cross References
    Judges 3:13
    He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.
  15. Cross References
    Judges 3:31
    After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.
  16. Cross References
    Judges 3:13
    He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.
    Judges 6:3
    For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
  17. Cross References
    Judges 2:16
    Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
  18. Cross References
    Judges 10:6
    The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve him.
    Judges 10:10
    And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
    Jeremiah 2:13
    For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:37 - 38
    Then he will say, 'Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge.
  20. Cross References
    Judges 2:18
    Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.
    Isaiah 63:9
    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  21. Cross References
    Judges 11:11
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.
    Judges 11:29
    Then the Spirit of the Lord was upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.
  22. Cross References
    Judges 11:5 - 6
    And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
    Judges 11:8
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
    Judges 11:11
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.
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