Thematic Bible
Judges 10:1 (show verse)
After Abimelech died Tola, the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, came to save Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar and lived at Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim.
Judges 10:2 (show verse)
He was Israel's judge (leader) for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.
Judges 10:3 (show verse)
After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He judged (led) Israel for twenty-two years.
Judges 10:4 (show verse)
He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead. They are called the villages of Jair.
Judges 10:5 (show verse)
Jair died and was buried at Kamon.
Judges 10:6 (show verse)
Once again the Israelites did evil against Jehovah by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes. They also worshiped the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of the Philistines. They abandoned Jehovah and stopped worshiping him.
Judges 10:7 (show verse)
The anger of Jehovah burned against Israel. So he allowed the Philistines and the Ammonites to conquer them.
Judges 10:8 (show verse)
They afflicted and oppressed the sons of Israel. For eighteen years they lived in Amorite country east of the Jordan River in Gilead.
Judges 10:9 (show verse)
The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was greatly distressed.
Judges 10:10 (show verse)
The children of Israel cried out to Jehovah: We sinned against you. We left our God and served the Baals.
Judges 10:11 (show verse)
Jehovah answered: Did I free you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, and the Philistines?
Judges 10:12 (show verse)
Did I save you from the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? They oppressed you and you cried out to me.
Judges 10:13 (show verse)
You still left me and worshiped other gods. I am not going to rescue you again.
Judges 10:14 (show verse)
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your time of trouble.
Judges 10:15 (show verse)
But the people of Israel said to Jehovah: We have sinned. Do to us what seems best to you, only please, save us today!
Judges 10:16 (show verse)
So they removed the foreign gods and worshiped Jehovah. He could bear the distress of Israel no longer.
Judges 10:17 (show verse)
Then the Ammonite army prepared camped in Gilead. They prepared for battle. The people of Israel gathered and camped at Mizpah in Gilead.
Judges 10:18 (show verse)
There the people and the leaders of Gilead asked one another: Who is the man to lead the fight against the Ammonites? Whoever does will be the leader of everyone in Gilead.