Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Judges:
Chapter 10
1. AND
after A-bim-e-lech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Pu-ah
the son of Dodo, a man of Is-sa-char, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount E-phra-im
2. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried
in Shamir.
3. And after him arose Ja-ir, a Gil-e-ad-ite, 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 Ha-voth-ja-ir unto this day, which are
in the land of Gil-e-ad.
5. And Ja-ir died, and was buried in Camon.
6. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,
and served Ba-a-lim, and Ash-ta-roth, 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 Gil-e-ad.
9. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also
against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of E-phra-im;
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 Ba-a-lim.
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 Zi-do-ni-ans also, and the A-mal-ek-ites, 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 you 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
Gil-e-ad. And the children of Israel assembled themselves
together, and encamped in Miz-peh.
18. And the people and princes of Gil-e-ad 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.
Mar. 30 Daily
reading schedule.. No NT reading today.
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