10After Abimelech's death Tola, the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, came to free Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar and lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.H310H40H6965H3467H3478H8439H1121H6312H1121H1734H376H3485H3427H8069H2022H6692He was Israel's leader for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.H8199H3478H6242H7969H8141H4191H6912H8069
Jair
3After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He led Israel for twenty-two years.H310H6965H2971H1569H8199H3478H6242H8147H81414He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which are still called the villages of Jair.H7970H1121H7392H7970H5895H7970H5892H7121H2334H3117H776H15685Jair died and was buried at Kamon.H2971H4191H6912H7056
Jephthah
6Once again the Israelites sinned against the LORD by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes, as well as the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and stopped worshiping him.H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H5647H1168H6252H430H758H430H6721H430H4124H430H1121H5983H430H6430H5800H3068H56477So the LORD became angry with the Israelites, and let the Philistines and the Ammonites conquer them.H639H3068H2734H3478H4376H3027H6430H3027H1121H59838For eighteen years they oppressed and persecuted all the Israelites who lived in Amorite country east of the Jordan River in Gilead.H8141H7492H7533H1121H3478H8083H6240H8141H1121H3478H5676H3383H776H567H15689The Ammonites even crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was in great distress.H1121H5983H5674H3383H3898H3063H1144H1004H669H3478H3966H333410Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD and said, "We have sinned against you, for we left you, our God, and worshiped the Baals."H1121H3478H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H430H5647H116811The LORD gave them this answer: "The Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,H3068H559H1121H3478H4714H567H1121H5983H643012the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you in the past, and you cried out to me. Did I not save you from them?H6722H6002H4584H3905H6817H3467H302713But you still left me and worshiped other gods, so I am not going to rescue you again.H5800H5647H312H430H3467H325414Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them rescue you when you get in trouble."H3212H2199H430H977H1992H3467H6256H686915But the people of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do whatever you like, but please, save us today."H1121H3478H559H3068H2398H6213H5869H2896H5337H311716So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the LORD; and he became troubled over Israel's distress.H5493H5236H430H7130H5647H3068H5315H7114H5999H347817Then the Ammonite army prepared for battle and camped in Gilead. The people of Israel came together and camped at Mizpah in Gilead.H1121H5983H6817H2583H1568H1121H3478H622H2583H470918There the people and the leaders of the Israelite tribes asked one another, "Who will lead the fight against the Ammonites? Whoever does will be the leader of everyone in Gilead."H5971H8269H1568H559H376H7453H376H2490H3898H1121H5983H7218H3427H1568