1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 ¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, 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 forsook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
15 ¶ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
1 Καὶ ἀνέστη μετὰ Αβιμελεχ τοῦ σῶσαι τὸν Ισραηλ Θωλα υἱὸς Φουα υἱὸς πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ Ισσαχαρ, καὶ αὐτὸς κατῴκει ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐν ὄρει Εφραιμ. 2 καὶ ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ εἴκοσι καὶ τρία ἔτη καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. 3 Καὶ ἀνέστη μετ᾽ αὐτὸν Ιαϊρ ὁ Γαλααδίτης καὶ ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο ἔτη. 4 καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο υἱοὶ ἐπιβεβηκότες ἐπὶ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο πώλους· καὶ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο πόλεις αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὰς Ἐπαύλεις Ιαϊρ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, αἵ εἰσιν ἐν τῇ γῇ Γαλααδ. 5 καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ιαϊρ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Ραμμω.
6 Καὶ προσέθεντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν ταῖς Βααλιμ καὶ ταῖς Ασταρωθ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Σιδῶνος καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Μωαβ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς υἱῶν Αμμων καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον τὸν κύριον καὶ οὐκ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτῷ. 7 καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ κύριος ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ καὶ ἀπέδοτο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐν χειρὶ υἱῶν Αμμων. 8 καὶ ἐσάθρωσαν καὶ ἔθλασαν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἔτη, πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου ἐν τῇ γῇ τοῦ Αμορραίου ἐν τῇ Γαλααδίτιδι. 9 καὶ διέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Αμμων τὸν Ιορδάνην ἐκπολεμῆσαι καὶ ἐν τῷ Ιουδα καὶ Βενιαμιν καὶ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Εφραιμ, καὶ ἐθλίβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ σφόδρα. 10 καὶ ἐκέκραξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον λέγοντες Ἡμάρτομέν σοι, ὅτι ἐγκατελίπομεν τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλατρεύσαμεν ταῖς Βααλιμ. 11 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ Οὐχὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ οἱ Αμορραῖοι καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Αμμων καὶ Μωαβ καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι 12 καὶ Σιδώνιοι καὶ Μαδιαμ καὶ Αμαληκ ἐξέθλιψαν ὑμᾶς; καὶ ἐκεκράξατε πρός με, καὶ ἔσωσα ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν. 13 καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐγκατελίπετέ με καὶ ἐλατρεύσατε θεοῖς ἑτέροις· διὰ τοῦτο οὐ προσθήσω τοῦ σῶσαι ὑμᾶς. 14 βαδίζετε καὶ βοᾶτε πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, οὓς ἐξελέξασθε ἑαυτοῖς, καὶ αὐτοὶ σωσάτωσαν ὑμᾶς ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ὑμῶν. 15 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον Ἡμάρτομεν, ποίησον σὺ ἡμῖν κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἀρέσκῃ ἐνώπιόν σου, πλήν, κύριε, ἐξελοῦ ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ. 16 καὶ μετέστησαν τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τῷ κυρίῳ· καὶ οὐκ εὐηρέστησεν ἐν τῷ λαῷ, καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησεν ἐν τῷ κόπῳ Ισραηλ.
17 Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Αμμων καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Γαλααδ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ Μασσηφα. 18 καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ Γαλααδ ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ Τίς ἀνήρ, ὃς ἄρξεται πολεμῆσαι ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Αμμων; καὶ ἔσται εἰς κεφαλὴν πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Γαλααδ.