Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 And there riseth after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim,
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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.
2 and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.
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Tola judged Israel 23 years, and when he died, was buried in Shamir.
3 And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,
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After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.
4 and he hath thirty sons riding on thirty ass-colts, and they have thirty cities, (they call them Havoth-Jair unto this day), which [are] in the land of Gilead;
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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.
5 and Jair dieth, and is buried in Kamon.
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When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
6 And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the Bene-Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake Jehovah, and have not served Him;
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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.
7 and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon,
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So the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
8 and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year -- eighteen years all the sons of Israel [who] are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which [is] in Gilead.
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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.
9 And the Bene-Ammon pass over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel hath great distress.
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The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,
10 And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, `We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.'
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so they cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against You. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals."
11 And Jehovah saith unto the sons of Israel, `[Have I] not [saved you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the Bene-Ammon, and from the Philistines?
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The Lord said to the Israelites, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
12 And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand;
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Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power?
13 and ye -- ye have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I add not to save you.
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But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.
14 Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they -- they save you in the time of your adversity.'
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Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression."
15 And the sons of Israel say unto Jehovah, `We have sinned, do Thou to us according to all that is good in Thine eyes; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.'
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But the Israelites said, "We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!"
16 And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.
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So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, but He became weary of Israel's misery.
17 And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.
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The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
18 And the people -- heads of Gilead -- say one unto another, `Who [is] the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.'
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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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