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And after Abimelech , there rose up to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir on mount Ephraim .
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And he judged Israel twenty -three years; and he died , and was buried in Shamir.
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And after him rose up Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty -two years.
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And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts; and they had thirty cities , which are called the villages of Jair to this day , which are in the land of Gilead .
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And Jair died , and was buried in Kamon.
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And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah , and served the Baals , and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria , and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab , and the gods of the children of Ammon , and the gods of the Philistines ; and they forsook Jehovah , and served him not.
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And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel , and he sold him into the hand of the Philistines , and into the hand of the children of Ammon .
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And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel in that year; eighteen years [they oppressed] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead .
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And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah , and against Benjamin , and against the house of Ephraim ; and Israel was greatly distressed.
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And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah , saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God , and also served the Baals .
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And Jehovah said to the children of Israel , Did I not [save you] from the Egyptians , and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon , and from the Philistines ?
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The Zidonians also, and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand .
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But ye have forsaken me, and served other gods ; therefore I will save you no more.
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Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.
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And the children of Israel said to Jehovah , We have sinned. Do thou unto us according to all that is good in thy sight ; only deliver us , we pray thee, this day .
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And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah ; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel .
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And the children of Ammon were called together and encamped in Gilead ; and the children of Israel gathered together and encamped in Mizpeh .
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And the people , the chief men of Gilead , said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon ? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead .