Judges 10

Judges 10:1

After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

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am 2772 , bc 1232 , An , Ex , Is , 259

defend or , deliver , Heb. save

Judges 10:2

Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

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Judges 10:3

Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

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am 2795 , bc 1209 , An , Ex , Is , 282

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

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Havothjair or , the villages of Jair

Judges 10:5

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

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Judges 10:6

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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am 2817 , bc 1187 , An , Ex , Is , 304

Judges 10:7

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

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Judges 10:8

who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

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oppressed Heb. crushed

Judges 10:9

The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

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Judges 10:10

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

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Judges 10:11

The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

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Judges 10:12

Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

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Judges 10:13

But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

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Judges 10:14

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

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Judges 10:15

“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

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seemeth etc. Heb. is good in thine eyes

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

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strange gods Heb. gods of strangers

grieved Heb. shortened , Not that there is any grief in God; he has infinite joy and happiness in himself , which cannot be broken in upon by either the sins or the miseries of his creatures. Not that there is any change in God; for he is of one mind , and who can turn him? But his goodness is his glory; by it he proclaims his name , and magnifies it; and as he is pleased to put himself into the relation of a father to his people , so he is pleased to represent his goodness to them by the compassion of a father to his children; for as he is the Father of lights , so is he the Father of mercies.

Judges 10:17

Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

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gathered together Heb. cried together

Judges 10:18

And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”

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