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He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair[a]—they are in the land of Gilead.[b] Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight.[c] They worshiped[d] the Baals and the Ashtoreths,[e] as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines.[f] They abandoned the Lord and did not worship[g] him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:4 sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.
  2. Judges 10:4 tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day—which are in the land of Gilead.”
  3. Judges 10:6 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
  4. Judges 10:6 tn Or “served;” or “followed.”
  5. Judges 10:6 sn The Ashtoreths were local manifestations of the goddess Astarte.
  6. Judges 10:6 tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”
  7. Judges 10:6 tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”