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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 Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at 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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And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.
3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.
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After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged 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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And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
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And Jair died and 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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The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve him.
7 So the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
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So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of 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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and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
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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And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.
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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And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals. ”
11 The Lord said to the Israelites, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
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And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?
12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power?
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The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13 But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.
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Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression."
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Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress. ”
15 But the Israelites said, "We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!"
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And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day. ”
16 So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, but He became weary of Israel's misery.
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So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
17 The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
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Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
18 The rulers of Gilead said to one another, "Which man will lead the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. ”
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