Judgeschapter 10
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A.Tola and Jair, two quiet judgesvv. 1-5
1 After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir. 3 Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair. 5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
B.Gods enough — go cry to the ones you chosevv. 6-18
6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. 7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites, 8 who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites. 9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress. 10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.” 11 The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, 12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands? 13 But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. 14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.” 15 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. 17 Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah. 18 And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
Chapter summary
Two quiet judges are noted: Tola, who saved Israel and judged twenty-three years, and Jair the Gileadite, whose thirty sons rode on thirty ass colts and held thirty towns called Havvoth-jair.
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Chapter summary
Two quiet judges are noted: Tola, who saved Israel and judged twenty-three years, and Jair the Gileadite, whose thirty sons rode on thirty ass colts and held thirty towns called Havvoth-jair.
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Two quiet judges are noted: Tola, who saved Israel and judged twenty-three years, and Jair the Gileadite, whose thirty sons rode on thirty ass colts and held thirty towns called Havvoth-jair. Then the apostasy widens beyond Baal: they serve the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the Philistines, and forsook Jehovah, and served him not. Ammon and the Philistines vex Israel eighteen years. When they cry out, God answers with a rehearsal of past deliverances and a stinging refusal, go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen. Only when they put away the foreign gods and serve Jehovah does the narrator say his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
History · Samuel — Judges overview
- A. 1–5 Tola and Jair, two quiet judges
- B. 6–18 Gods enough — go cry to the ones you chose
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Judges 23 verses
- Judges 2:12Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
- Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Judges 2:16Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
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Judges 112 verses
- Judges 11:11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
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Judges 32 verses
- Judges 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Judges 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
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Numbers 322 verses
- Numbers 32:29And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
- Numbers 32:41Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
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- Genesis 31:48Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
- Genesis 31:49It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
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Judges 122 verses
- Judges 12:7Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
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Judges 52 verses
- Judges 5:10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
- Judges 5:19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
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1 Kings 112 verses
- 1 Kings 11:5Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.