Hakim-hakim 10:3-6

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 ¹  – they are in the land of Gilead. ²  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. ³  They worshiped ⁴  the Baals and the Ashtars, ⁵  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ⁶  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ⁷  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ⁸  him.

[10:4]  ¹ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ² tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

[10:6]  ⁵ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

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

[10:6]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”