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1 After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo [became judge] and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Tola judged Israel 23 years, and when he died, was buried in Shamir.
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He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.
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He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.
4 He had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day.
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He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.
5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
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When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
6 Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship Him.
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Again 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,
7 So the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
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he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
8 They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years [they did the same to] all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.
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who 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.
9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,
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The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.
10 so they cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against You. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals."
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Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”
11 The Lord said to the Israelites, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
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The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
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