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Judges 10 Literal Standard Version
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1 And there rises 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,
1 After Abimelech, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 and he judges Israel [for] twenty-three years, and he dies, and is buried in Shamir.
2 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 And there rises Jair the Gileadite after him, and he judges Israel [for] twenty-two years,
3 After him Jair, the Gileadite, arose. He judged Israel twenty-two years.
4 and he has thirty sons riding on thirty donkey-colts, and they have thirty cities (they call them Havoth-Jair to this day), which [are] in the land of Gilead;
4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 and Jair dies, and is buried in Kamon.
5 Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
6 And the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and serve the Ba‘alim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake YHWH, and have not served Him;
6 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.
7 and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel, and He sells them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon,
7 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
8 and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year; [and for] eighteen years—all the sons of Israel [who] are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which [is] in Gilead.
8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9 And the sons of Ammon pass over the Jordan to also fight against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel has great distress.
9 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed.
10 And the sons of Israel cry to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have even forsaken our God, and serve the Ba‘alim.”
10 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”
11 And YHWH says to the sons of Israel, “[Have I] not [saved you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
11 Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “Didn’t I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and you cry to Me, and I save you out of their hand;
12 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13 and you have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I do not add to save you.
13 Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.
14 Go and cry to the gods on which you have fixed; they save you in the time of your tribulation.”
14 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
15 And the sons of Israel say to YHWH, “We have sinned, do to us according to all that is good in Your eyes; only please deliver us this day.”
15 The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”
16 And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve YHWH, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.
16 They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
17 And the sons of Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.
17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpah.
18 And the people—heads of Gilead—say to one another, “Who [is] the man that begins to fight against the sons of Ammon? He is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.”
18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
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Dodo
Named as the father of Puah and grandfather of the judge Tola.
Cited in the guide: Judges 10:1
Jair
Gileadite who judged Israel twenty-two years, whose thirty sons rode thirty donkeys and held thirty towns in Gilead called Havvoth-jair, and who was buried in Kamon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 10:3; Judges 10:5
Puah
Named as the father of the judge Tola and son of Dodo.
Cited in the guide: Judges 10:1
Tola
Man of Issachar, son of Puah son of Dodo, who rose up to save Israel after Abimelech, lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim, judged Israel twenty-three years and was…
Cited in the guide: Judges 10:1; Judges 10:2
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 2:16; Joshua 15:48; Judges 3:9
- 3 Numbers 32:29; Genesis 31:48
- 4 Numbers 32:41; Judges 5:10; Judges 12:14; Deuteronomy 3:14
- 6 2 Kings 23:13; Psalm 106:36; 1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 11:5; 1 Kings 11:7
- 7 Judges 2:14; 1 Samuel 12:9–10; Deuteronomy 32:16–22; Psalm 74:1; Judges 4:2
- 8 Isaiah 30:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Judges 10:5
- 9 Judges 3:12–13; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 1 Samuel 28:15; 2 Chronicles 20:1–2; Judges 6:3–5
- 10 1 Samuel 12:10; Psalm 107:28; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 106:43–44
- 11 Exodus 14:30; Numbers 21:21–25; Judges 3:31; Psalm 135:10–11; Judges 2:1–3
- 12 Judges 6:3; 2 Chronicles 26:6–7; Judges 5:19–31; Psalm 106:42–43
- 13 Jeremiah 2:13; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Judges 2:12; Jonah 2:8; Deuteronomy 32:15
- 14 Deuteronomy 32:37–38; Jeremiah 2:28; Proverbs 1:25–27; Isaiah 10:3; Deuteronomy 32:26–28
- 15 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 24:14; Joshua 9:25; Proverbs 28:13
- 16 Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 106:44–45; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:8; Luke 19:41
- 17 Judges 11:29; Genesis 31:49; Judges 11:11
- 18 Judges 11:11; Isaiah 3:1–8; Isaiah 34:12; Judges 1:1; Judges 11:5–8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences