Judges 10:2-12

2 He judged Israel twenty-three * years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3 After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two * years.
4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead 1that are called Havvoth-jair to this day.
5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, 2served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, 3the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus 4they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
7 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He 5sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
8 They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen * years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites.
9 The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
10 Then the 6sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals."
11 The LORD said to the sons of Israel, "Did I not deliver you 7from the Egyptians, 8the Amorites, 9the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?
12 "Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites 10oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.

Judges 10:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 10

This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Jud 10:1-5, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Jud 10:6-9, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to grant them any, though upon their importunity and reformation he had compassion on them, Jud 10:10-16 and the chapter is concluded with the preparation made by both armies for a battle, Jud 10:17,18.

Cross References 10

Footnotes 5

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