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And after[H310]Abimelech[H40] there arose[H6965] to defend[H3467]Israel[H3478]Tola[H8439] the son[H1121] of Puah[H6312], the son[H1121] of Dodo[H1734], a man[H376] of Issachar[H3485]; and he dwelt[H3427] in Shamir[H8069] in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669].
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And he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]twenty[H6242] and three[H7969]years[H8141], and died[H4191], and was buried[H6912] in Shamir[H8069].
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And after[H310] him arose[H6965]Jair[H2971], a Gileadite[H1569], and judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]years[H8141].
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And he had thirty[H7970]sons[H1121] that rode[H7392] on thirty[H7970] ass colts[H5895], and they had thirty[H7970]cities[H5892], which are called[H7121]Havothjair[H2334] unto this day[H3117], which are in the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568].
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And Jair[H2971]died[H4191], and was buried[H6912] in Camon[H7056].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]did[H6213]evil[H7451]again[H3254] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and served[H5647]Baalim[H1168], and Ashtaroth[H6252], and the gods[H430] of Syria[H758], and the gods[H430] of Zidon[H6721], and the gods[H430] of Moab[H4124], and the gods[H430] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and the gods[H430] of the Philistines[H6430], and forsook[H5800] the LORD[H3068], and served[H5647] not him.
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And the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was hot[H2734] against Israel[H3478], and he sold[H4376] them into the hands[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430], and into the hands[H3027] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].
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And that year[H8141] they vexed[H7492] and oppressed[H7533] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: eighteen[H8083]years[H8141], all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that were on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383] in the land[H776] of the Amorites[H567], which is in Gilead[H1568].
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Moreover the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] passed over[H5674]Jordan[H3383] to fight[H3898] also against Judah[H3063], and against Benjamin[H1144], and against the house[H1004] of Ephraim[H669]; so that Israel[H3478] was sore[H3966]distressed[H3334].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]cried[H2199] unto the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], We have sinned[H2398] against thee, both because we have forsaken[H5800] our God[H430], and also served[H5647]Baalim[H1168].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians[H4714], and from the Amorites[H567], from the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and from the Philistines?[H6430]
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The Zidonians[H6722] also, and the Amalekites[H6002], and the Maonites[H4584], did oppress[H3905] you; and ye cried[H6817] to me, and I delivered[H3467] you out of their hand[H3027].
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Yet ye have forsaken[H5800] me, and served[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430]: wherefore I will deliver[H3467] you no more[H3254].
14Go[H3212] and cry[H2199] unto the gods[H430] which ye have chosen[H977]; let them[H1992]deliver[H3467] you in the time[H6256] of your tribulation[H6869].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto the LORD[H3068], We have sinned[H2398]: do[H6213] thou unto us whatsoever seemeth[H5869]good[H2896] unto thee; deliver[H5337] us only, we pray thee, this day[H3117].
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And they put away[H5493] the strange[H5236]gods[H430] from among[H7130] them, and served[H5647] the LORD[H3068]: and his soul[H5315] was grieved[H7114] for the misery[H5999] of Israel[H3478].
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Then the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] were gathered together[H6817], and encamped[H2583] in Gilead[H1568]. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] assembled themselves together[H622], and encamped[H2583] in Mizpeh[H4709].
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And the people[H5971] and princes[H8269] of Gilead[H1568]said[H559]one[H376] to another[H7453], What man[H376] is he that will begin[H2490] to fight[H3898] against the children[H1121] of Ammon?[H5983] he shall be head[H7218] over all the inhabitants[H3427] of Gilead[H1568].