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Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”

He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the

וַיֹּסִ֣פוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַזְב֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And that year the children of Israel were crushed under their yoke; for eighteen years all the children of Israel on the other side of Jordan, in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead, were cruelly crushed down.

וַֽיִּרְעֲצ֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֥צֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Were not the Egyptians and the Amorites and the children of Ammon and the Philistines

וַ֥יֹּאמֶר (וַ֥) Va “and”

And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?

וַתִּצְעֲק֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וָאוֹשִׁ֥יעָה (וָ) va. “and”

But, for all this, you have given me up and have been servants to other gods: so I will be your saviour no longer.

וַתַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקְצַ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.

וַיּ֥וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

וַתֵּ֧לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּגְדְּל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְגָרְשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

וַיִּבְרַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֥יתָה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתְּגָרְשׁ֖וּנִי (וַ) va. “and”

And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֤יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”