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CHAPTER 10
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of
Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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And he judged Israel twenty and three years,
and died, and was buried in Shamir.
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And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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And he had
thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto
this day, which
are
in the land of Gilead.
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And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the L
ORD
, and served Baalim, 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 Philistines, and forsook the L
ORD
, and served not him.
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And the anger of the L
ORD
was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
8
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children
of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that
were
on the other side Jordan in the land of
the Amorites, which
is
in Gilead.
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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 L
ORD
, saying, We have sinned against thee, both
because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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And the L
ORD
said unto the children
of Israel,
Did
not
I deliver you
from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of
Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites,
did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
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Yet ye have forsaken
me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
14
Go and cry unto the gods which
ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
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And the children of Israel said unto the L
ORD
, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever
seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
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And they put away the strange
gods from among them, and served the L
ORD
: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
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Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children
of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
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And the people
and
princes
of Gilead said one to another, What man
is he
that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon?
he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
CHAPTER 11
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he
was
the son of an harlot: and
Gilead begat Jephthah.
2
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they
thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou
art
the
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