Judges 10:18 — Meaning and Application

Judges 10:1

"And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. {defend: or, deliver: Heb. save}"

Judges 10:2

"And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir."

Judges 10:3

"And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years."

Judges 10:4

"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. {Havothjair: or, the villages of Jair}"

Judges 10:5

"And Jair died, and was buried in Camon."

Judges 10:6

"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."