And afterAbimelechthere aroseto defendIsraelTolathe sonof Puah, the sonof Dodo, a manof Issachar; and hedweltin Shamirin mountEphraim. And he judgedIsraeltwentyand threeyears, and died, and was buriedin Shamir. And afterhim aroseJair, a Gileadite, and judgedIsraeltwentyand twoyears. And he hadthirtysonsthat rodeonthirtyass colts, and they had thirtycities, which are calledHavoth-jair untothisday, which are in the landof Gilead. And Jairdied, and was buriedin Camon. And the childrenof Israeldidevilagainin the sightof the LORD, and servedBaalim, and Ashtaroth, and the godsof Syria, and the godsof Zidon, and the godsof Moab, and the godsof the childrenof Ammon, and the godsof the Philistines, and forsookthe LORD, and servednothim. And the angerof the LORDwas hotagainst Israel, and he soldthem into the handsof the Philistines, and into the handsof the childrenof Ammon. And thatyearthey vexedand oppressedthe childrenof Israel: eighteenyears, allthe childrenof Israelthat were on the other sideJordanin the landof the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the childrenof Ammonpassed overJordanto fightalsoagainst Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the houseof Ephraim; so that Israelwas soredistressed. And the childrenof Israelcrieduntothe LORD, saying, We have sinnedagainst thee, both becausewe have forsakenour God, and also servedBaalim. And the LORDsaiduntothe childrenof Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and fromthe Amorites, fromthe childrenof Ammon, and fromthe Philistines? The Zidoniansalso, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppressyou; and ye criedtome, and I deliveredyou out of their hand. Yet yehave forsakenme, and servedothergods: whereforeI will deliveryou nomore. Goand cryuntothe godswhichye have chosen; let themdeliveryou in the timeof your tribulation. And the childrenof Israelsaiduntothe LORD, We have sinned: dothouunto us whatsoeverseemeth gooduntothee; deliverus only, we pray thee, thisday. And they put awaythe strangegodsfrom amongthem, and servedthe LORD: and his soulwas grievedfor the miseryof Israel. Then the childrenof Ammonwere gathered together, and encampedin Gilead. And the childrenof Israelassembled themselves together, and encampedin Mizpeh. And the people and princesof Gileadsaidonetoanother, Whatman is he thatwill beginto fightagainst the childrenof Ammon? he shall beheadover allthe inhabitantsof Gilead.