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Judges 10

The Message Bible MSG

1 Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, was next after Abimelech. He rose to the occasion to save Israel. He was a man of Issachar. He lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 He judged Israel for twenty-three years and then died and was buried at Shamir.

3 After him, Jair the Gileadite stepped into leadership. He judged Israel for twenty-two years.

4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and had thirty towns in Gilead. The towns are still called Jair's Villages.

5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

6 And then the People of Israel went back to doing evil in God's sight. They worshiped the Baal gods and Ashtoreth goddesses: gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab; gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They just walked off and left God, quit worshiping him.

7 And God exploded in hot anger at Israel and sold them off to the Philistines and Ammonites, who,

8 beginning that year, bullied and battered the People of Israel mercilessly. For eighteen years they had them under their thumb, all the People of Israel who lived east of the Jordan in the Amorite country of Gilead.

9 Then the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to go to war also against Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was in a bad way!

10 The People of Israel cried out to God for help: "We've sinned against you! We left our God and worshiped the Baal gods!"

11 God answered the People of Israel: "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, Sidonians

12 - even Amalek and Midian! - oppressed you and you cried out to me for help, I saved you from them.

13 And now you've gone off and betrayed me, worshiping other gods. I'm not saving you anymore.

14 Go ahead! Cry out for help to the gods you've chosen - let them get you out of the mess you're in!"

15 The People of Israel said to God: "We've sinned. Do to us whatever you think best, but please, get us out of this!"

16 Then they cleaned house of the foreign gods and worshiped only God. And God took Israel's troubles to heart.

17 The Ammonites prepared for war, setting camp in Gilead. The People of Israel set their rival camp in Mizpah.

18 The leaders in Gilead said, "Who will stand up for us against the Ammonites? We'll make him head over everyone in Gilead!"

New Century Version NCV

1 After Abimelech died, another judge came to save Israel. He was Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo. Tola was from the people of Issachar and lived in the city of Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim.

2 Tola was a judge for Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir. Jair, the Judge

3 After Tola died, Jair from the region of Gilead became judge. He was a judge for Israel for twenty-two years.

4 Jair had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. These thirty sons controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which are called the Towns of Jair to this day.

5 Jair died and was buried in the city of Kamon.

6 Again the Israelites did what the Lord said was wrong. They worshiped Baal and Ashtoreth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. The Israelites left the Lord and stopped serving him.

7 So the Lord was angry with them and handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

8 In the same year those people destroyed the Israelites who lived east of the Jordan River in the region of Gilead, where the Amorites lived. So the Israelites suffered for eighteen years.

9 The Ammonites then crossed the Jordan River to fight the people of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, causing much trouble to the people of Israel.

10 So the Israelites cried out to the Lord, "We have sinned against you. We left our God and worshiped the Baal idols."

11 The Lord answered the Israelites, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites were cruel to you, you cried out to me, and I saved you.

13 But now you have left me again and have worshiped other gods. So I refuse to save you again.

14 You have chosen those gods. So go call to them for help. Let them save you when you are in trouble."

15 But the people of Israel said to the Lord, "We have sinned. Do to us whatever you want, but please save us today!"

16 Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods among them, and they worshiped the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw their suffering.

17 The Ammonites gathered for war and camped in Gilead. The Israelites gathered and camped at Mizpah.

18 The leaders of the people of Gilead said, "Who will lead us to attack the Ammonites? He will become the head of all those who live in Gilead."