3 And after him arose Jair a Gileadite 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 Havothjair unto this day which are in the land of Gilead 5 And Jair died and was buried in Camon
6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD and served Baalim and Ashtaroth 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 Gilead 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim 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 Baalim 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 Zidonians also and the Amalekites 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 ye 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 Gilead And the children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpeh 18 And the people and princes of Gilead 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
