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Judges chapter 10

After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, rose up to Israel. He was from the tribe of , and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.He Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.After him, Jair the rose up and led Israel for twenty-two years.He had thirty sons who , and they controlled thirty towns in the land of Gilead — which are still called to this day.Then Jair died and was buried in Kamon.Then the Israelites again . They served and , the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. They Yahweh completely and stopped serving him.So Yahweh against Israel and to the Philistines and the Ammonites.That year they the Israelites. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites living beyond the Jordan in the Amorite territory of Gilead.The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was in .Then the Israelites to Yahweh, saying, “We have — we abandoned you, our God, and served the Baals.”Yahweh answered the Israelites: “Didn’t I you from Egypt, from the Amorites, from the Ammonites, and from the Philistines?”“The Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the also oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I rescued you from their power.”“But you — you and served other gods. So I will not rescue you again.”“Go to the gods you chose! Let them rescue you in your .”But the Israelites said to Yahweh, “We’ve failed you. . Just please — rescue us today.”Then they the foreign gods among them and served Yahweh. And .The Ammonites were and camped in Gilead. The Israelites assembled and camped at .The people and the of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever steps up to lead the attack against the Ammonites — he will be the of everyone living in Gilead.”