Judges 10 (NET)

Judges 10:1¹After Abimelech’s death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:2²He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:3³Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:4⁴He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair —they are in the land of Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:5⁵Jair died and was buried in Kamon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:6⁶The Israelites again did evil in the Lord ’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:7⁷The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:8⁸They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year —that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:9⁹The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:10¹⁰The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:11¹¹The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:12¹²the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:13¹³But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:14¹⁴Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:15¹⁵But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:16¹⁶They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:17¹⁷The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Judges 10:18¹⁸The leaders of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s