101 Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah , the son of Dodo , a man of Issachar , arose to save Israel ; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim . 2 He judged Israel twenty-three e years . Then he died and was buried in Shamir . 3 After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two e years . 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys , and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair to this day . 5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon .
6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord , served the Baals and the Ashtaroth , the gods of Aram , the gods of Sidon , the gods of Moab , the gods of the sons of Ammon , and the gods of the Philistines ; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel , and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon . 8 They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year ; for eighteen e years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites . 9 The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah , Benjamin , and the house of Ephraim , so that Israel was greatly distressed .
10 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord , saying , "We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals ." 11 The Lord said to the sons of Israel , "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians , the Amorites , the sons of Ammon , and the Philistines ? 12 "Also when the Sidonians , the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands . 13 "Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods ; therefore I will no longer deliver you. 14 " Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen ; let them deliver you in the time of your distress ." 15 The sons of Israel said to the Lord , "We have sinned , do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day ." 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord ; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer . 17 Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead . And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah . 18 The people , the leaders of Gilead , said to one another , "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon ? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead ."
