10After the time of Abimelech a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.H310H40H6965H3467H3478H8439H1121H6312H1121H1734H376H3485H3427H8069H2022H6692He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.H8199H3478H6242H7969H8141H4191H6912H8069
Jair
3He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.H310H6965H2971H1569H8199H3478H6242H8147H81414He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.H7970H1121H7392H7970H5895H7970H5892H7121H2334H3117H776H15685When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.H2971H4191H6912H7056
Jephthah
6Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H5647H1168H6252H430H758H430H6721H430H4124H430H1121H5983H430H6430H5800H3068H56477he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,H639H3068H2734H3478H4376H3027H6430H3027H1121H59838who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.H8141H7492H7533H1121H3478H8083H6240H8141H1121H3478H5676H3383H776H567H15689The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great distress.H1121H5983H5674H3383H3898H3063H1144H1004H669H3478H3966H333410Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, "We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals."H1121H3478H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H430H5647H116811The LORD replied, "When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,H3068H559H1121H3478H4714H567H1121H5983H643012the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?H6722H6002H4584H3905H6817H3467H302713But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.H5800H5647H312H430H3467H325414Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!"H3212H2199H430H977H1992H3467H6256H686915But the Israelites said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now."H1121H3478H559H3068H2398H6213H5869H2896H5337H311716Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.H5493H5236H430H7130H5647H3068H5315H7114H5999H347817When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.H1121H5983H6817H2583H1568H1121H3478H622H2583H470918The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, "Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all those living in Gilead."H5971H8269H1568H559H376H7453H376H2490H3898H1121H5983H7218H3427H1568