Hakim-hakim 10:1-6

Stability Restored

10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ¹  Tola son of Puah, grandson ²  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ³  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country. 10:2 He led ⁴  Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

10:3 Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years. 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair ⁵  – they are in the land of Gilead. ⁶  10:5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ⁷  They worshiped ⁸  the Baals and the Ashtars, ⁹  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ¹⁰  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ¹¹  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ¹²  him.

[10:1]  ¹ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “son.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[10:4]  ⁵ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[10:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[10:6]  ⁸ tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

[10:6]  ⁹ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

[10:6]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

[10:6]  ¹² tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”