FREE BIBLE STUDY! A commentary on Judges
Lesson: The Judge Jair [Judges 10.3-10.5]
The overthrow of the men of Shechem and of Abimelech is followed by temporary peace, after which the people fall again into wicked idolatry, and Jehovah gives them into the hands of the nations whose gods they serve. They are treated poorly by their enemies, who create hardships and suffering for the children of Israel. At some point, they cry out to Jehovah, who reprimands them for their past conduct, and sends them back to the gods they had been worshipping. Then the people put away the strange gods from among them. Jehovah is moved with compassion and raises up judges to lead them; first was Tola (the subject of Chapter 48), and the second was Jair.
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