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1 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.
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After Abim'elech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah, son of Dodo, a man of Is'sachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of E'phraim.
2 He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.
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And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died, and was buried at Shamir.
3 He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.
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After him arose Ja'ir the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
4 He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.
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And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Hav'voth-ja'ir to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
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And Ja'ir died, and was buried in Kamon.
6 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,
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And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth, 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 he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
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And 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 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.
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and they crushed and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel that 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 Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.
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And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of E'phraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed.
10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”
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And the people of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Ba'als."
11 The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
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And the LORD said to the people of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?
12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?
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The Sido'nians also, and the Amal'ekites, and the Ma'onites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
13 But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
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Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.
14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”
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Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."
15 But the Israelites said to the LORD, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”
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And the people of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day."
16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
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So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.
17 When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, 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 leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.”
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And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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