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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Judges 10 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/judges/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Judges 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/9.htm" title="Judges 9">◄</a> Judges 10 <a href="../judges/11.htm" title="Judges 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Tola</h3><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_1"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.1" class="v7_10_1">1</span>Tola was the next person to rescue Israel. He belonged to the Issachar tribe, but he lived in Shamir, a town in the hill country of Ephraim. His father was Puah, and his grandfather was Dodo. </span><span class="v7_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.2" class="v7_10_2">2</span>Tola was a leader<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of Israel for 23 years, then he died and was buried in Shamir.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jair</h3><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.3" class="v7_10_3">3</span>The next leader<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of Israel was Jair, who lived in Gilead. He was a leader for 22 years. </span><span class="v7_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.4" class="v7_10_4">4</span>He had 30 sons, and each son had his own mule<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and was in charge of one town in Gilead. Those 30 towns are still called The Settlements of Jair.<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v7_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.5" class="v7_10_5">5</span>When he died, he was buried in the town of Kamon.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Israel Is Unfaithful to God</h3><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.6" class="v7_10_6">6</span>Before long, the Israelites began disobeying the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by worshiping Baal, Astarte, and gods from Syria, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.7" class="v7_10_7">7</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> was angry with Israel and decided to let Philistia and Ammon conquer them. </span><span class="v7_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.8" class="v7_10_8">8</span>So the same year that Jair died, Israel's army was crushed by these two nations. For 18 years, Ammon was cruel to the Israelites who lived in Gilead, the region east of the Jordan River that had once belonged to the Amorites. </span><span class="v7_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.9" class="v7_10_9">9</span>Then the Ammonites began crossing the Jordan and attacking the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Life was miserable for the Israelites. </span><span class="v7_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.10" class="v7_10_10">10</span>They begged the <span class="nd">Lord</span> for help and confessed, “We were unfaithful to you, our <span class="nd">Lord</span>. We stopped worshiping you and started worshiping idols of Baal.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_11"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.11-Judg.10.12" class="v7_10_11">11-12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> answered:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v7_10_11">In the past when you came crying to me for help, I rescued you. At one time or another I've rescued you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites.<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.11-Judg.10.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v7_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.13-Judg.10.14" class="v7_10_13">13-14</span>But I'm not going to rescue you any more! You've left me and gone off to worship other gods. If you're in such big trouble, go and cry to them for help!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.15" class="v7_10_15">15</span>“We have been unfaithful to you,” the Israelites admitted. “If we must be punished, do it yourself, but please rescue us from the Ammonites.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_16"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.16" class="v7_10_16">16</span>Then the Israelites got rid of the idols of the foreign gods, and they began worshiping only the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. Finally, there came a time when the <span class="nd">Lord</span> could no longer stand to see them suffer.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Ammonites Invade Gilead</h3><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_17"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.17" class="v7_10_17">17</span>The rulers of Ammon called their soldiers together and led them to Gilead, where they set up camp.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v7_10_17">The Israelites gathered at Mizpah<a href="#fn" id="link_Judg.10.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and set up camp there. </span><span class="v7_10_18"><span class="reftext" id="Judg.10.18" class="v7_10_18">18</span>The leaders of Gilead asked each other, “Who can lead an attack on the Ammonites?” Then they agreed, “If we find someone who can lead the attack, we'll make him the ruler of Gilead.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">leader: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 2.16 and the note there.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">leader: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 2.16 and the note there.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">each son had his own mule: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A sign that the family was wealthy.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The Settlements of Jair: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Havvoth-Jair.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.11,12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Maonites: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew; one ancient translation “Midianites.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Mizpah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In chapters 10–12, Mizpah is the name of a town in Gilead (see 11.29), not the same town as the Mizpah of chapters 20,21.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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