1 Tola judges Israel in Shamir
3 Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities
6 The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel
10 In their misery God sends them to their false gods
15 Upon their repentance he pities them

A.M. 2772. B.C. 1232. An.Ex.Is.259. arose Jud 2:16 3:9

defend. or deliver. Heb. save. Shamir Jos 15:48

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

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

A.M. 2795, B.C. 1209. An.Ex.Is.282. a Gileadite Ge 31:48 Nu 32:29

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.

rode Jud 5:10 12:14

called Nu 32:41 De 3:14

Havoth-jair. or the villages of Jair

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.

A.M. 2817. B.C. 1187. An.Ex.Is.304 did evil Jud 4:1 6:1 13:1

A.M.2799. B.C.1205.An.Ex.Is.286. Baalim Jud 2:11-14 3:7 2Ch 28:23 Ps 106:36

the gods of Zidon 1Ki 11:5,7,33 16:31 2Ki 17:16,29-31 23:13

the god of the Philistines Jud 16:23 1Sa 5:2 2Ki 1:2,3 Jer 2:13 Eze 16:26,26

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.

was hot Jud 2:14 De 29:20-28 31:16-18 32:16-22 Jos 23:15,16 Ps 74:1 Na 1:2,6

he sold Jud 4:2 1Sa 12:9,10 Ps 44:12 Isa 50:1

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.

that year Jud 10:5 Isa 30:13 1Th 5:3

oppressed. Heb. crushed

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.

passed Jud 3:12,13 6:3-5 2Ch 14:9 20:1,2

distressed De 28:65 1Sa 28:15 2Ch 15:5

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.

cried Jud 3:9 1Sa 12:10 Ps 106:43,44 107:13,19,28

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?

did not I Jud 2:1-3

Egyptians Ex 14:30 1Sa 12:8 Ne 9:9-11 Ps 78:51-53 106:8-11 Heb 11:29

Amorites Nu 21:21-25,35 Ps 135:10,11

children Jud 3:11-15

Philistines Jud 3:31

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.

Zidonians Jud 5:19

Amalekites Jud 6:3

the Maonites. The LXX have the Midianites, which Dr. Wall thinks the true reading. But the Maonites might be a tribe of Arabs, inhabitants of Maon. Jos 15:55 1Sa 23:24,25 25:2

which assist Moab 2Ch 26:6,7 Ps 106:42,43

13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

Jud 2:12 De 32:15 1Ch 28:9 Jer 2:13 Jon 2:8

14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

De 32:26-28,37,38 1Ki 18:27,28 2Ki 3:13 Pr 1:25-27 Isa 10:3 Jer 2:28

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.

we have sinned 2Sa 12:13 24:10 Job 33:27 Pr 28:13 1Jo 1:8-10

do thou Jos 9:25 1Sa 3:18 2Sa 10:12 15:26 Jon 2:4 3:9

seemeth. Heb. is good in thine eyes. deliver 2Sa 24:14 Job 34:31,32

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.

they put 2Ch 7:14 15:8 33:15 Jer 18:7,8 Eze 18:30-32 Ho 14:1-3,8

strange gods. Heb. gods of strangers. His soul Ge 6:6 Ps 106:44,45 Isa 63:9 Jer 31:20 Ho 11:8 Lu 15:20 19:41 Joh 11:34 Eph 4:32 Heb 3:10 4:15

grieved. Heb. shortened. Not that there is any grief in God; he has infinite joy and happiness in himself, which cannot be broken in upon by either the sins or the miseries of his creatures. Not that there is any change in God; for he is of one mind, and who can turn him? But his goodness is his glory; by it he proclaims his name, and magnifies it; and as he is pleased to put himself into the relation of a father to his people, so he is pleased to represent his goodness to them by the compassion of a father to his children; for as he is the Father of lights, so is he the Father of mercies.

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.

gathered together. Heb. cried together. Mizpeh Jud 11:11,29 Ge 31:49

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.

what man Jud 1:1 11:5-8 Isa 3:1-8 34:12

he shall be Jud 11:11 12:7 1Sa 17:25