Judges 10

1After Abimelech, there arose a ruler in Israel, Thola, son of Phua, the uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:

1And there riseth after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim,

2And he judged Israel three and twenty years, and he died, and was buried in Samir.

2and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.

3To him succeeded Jair, the Galaadite, who judged Israel for two and twenty years,

3And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,

4Having thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass colts, and were princes of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, until this present day, in the land of Galaad.

4and he hath thirty sons riding on thirty ass-colts, and they have thirty cities, (they call them Havoth-Jair unto this day), which <FI>are<Fi> in the land of Gilead;

5And Jair died, and was buried in the place which is called Camon.

5and Jair dieth, and is buried in Kamon.

6But the children of Israel, adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him.

6And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the Bene-Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake Jehovah, and have not served Him;

7And the Lord being angry with them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines, and of the children of Ammon.

7and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon,

8And they were afflicted, and grievously oppressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad:

8and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year--eighteen years all the sons of Israel <FI>who<Fi> are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which <FI>is<Fi> in Gilead.

9Insomuch that the children of Ammon, passing over the Jordan, wasted Juda, and Benjamin, and Ephraim: and Israel was distressed exceedingly.

9And the Bene-Ammon pass over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel hath great distress.

10And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken the Lord our God, and have served Baalim.

10And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, `We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.'

11And the Lord said to them: Did not the Egyptians, and the Amorrhites, and the children of Ammon, and the Philistines,

11And Jehovah saith unto the sons of Israel, `<FI> Have I<Fi> not <FI>saved you<Fi> from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the Bene-Ammon, and from the Philistines?

12The Sidonians also, and Amalec, and Chanaan, oppress you, and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand?

12And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand;

13And yet you have forsaken me, and have worshipped strange gods: therefore I will deliver you no more:

13and ye--ye have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I add not to save you.

14Go, and call upon the gods which you have chosen: let them deliver you in the time of distress.

14Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they--they save you in the time of your adversity.'

15And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee: only deliver us this time.

15And the sons of Israel say unto Jehovah, `We have sinned, do Thou to us according to all that is good in Thine eyes; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.'

16And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.

16And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

17And the children of Ammon shouting together, pitched their tents in Galaad: against whom the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and camped in Maspha.

17And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.

18And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad.

18And the people--heads of Gilead--say one unto another, `Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.'