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1 ΚΑΙ ἀνέστη μετὰ Ἀβιμέλεχ τοῦ σῶσαι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ Θωλὰ υἱὸς Φουά, υἱὸς πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ, ἀνὴρ Ἰσσάχαρ, καὶ αὐτὸς ᾤκει ἐν Σαμὶρ ἐν ὄρει Ἐφραίμ. 2 καὶ ἔκρινε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἴκοσι τρία ἔτη καὶ ἀπέθανε καὶ ἐτάθη ἐν Σαμίρ.
3 Καὶ ἀνέστη μετ᾿ αὐτὸν Ἰαΐρ ὁ Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἔκρινε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἴκοσι δύο ἔτη. 4 καὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο υἱοὶ ἐπιβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τριάκοντα δύο πώλους· καὶ τριάκοντα δύο πόλεις αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐκάλουν αὐτὰς ἐπαύλεις Ἰαΐρ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἐν γῇ Γαλαάδ. 5 καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἰαΐρ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Ραμνών.
6 Καὶ προσέθεντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἐδούλευσαν τοῖς Βααλὶμ καὶ τοῖς Ἀσταρὼθ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Ἀρὰδ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Σιδῶνος καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Μωὰβ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς Φυλιστιΐμ καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον τὸν Κύριον καὶ οὐκ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτῷ. 7 καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ Κύριος ἐν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπέδοτο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Φυλιστιΐμ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ υἱῶν Ἀμμών. 8 καὶ ἔθλιψαν καὶ ἔθλασαν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἔτη, τοὺς πάντας υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ τοὺς ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐν γῇ τοῦ Ἀμορρὶ τοῦ ἐν Γαλαάδ. 9 καὶ διέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν τὸν Ἰορδάνην παρατάξασθαι πρὸς Ἰούδαν καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ πρὸς Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ἐθλίβη Ἰσραὴλ σφόδρα. 10 καὶ ἐβόησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Κύριον λέγοντες· ἡμάρτομέν σοι, ὅτι ἐγκατελίπομεν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ἐδουλεύσαμεν τῷ Βααλίμ. 11 καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ· μὴ οὐχὶ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμορραίου καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν καὶ ἀπὸ Φυλιστιΐμ 12 καὶ Σιδωνίων καὶ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ Μαδιάμ, οἳ ἔθλιψαν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐβοήσατε πρός με, καὶ ἔσωσα ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν; 13 καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐγκατελίπετέ με καὶ ἐδουλεύσατε θεοῖς ἑτέροις· διὰ τοῦτο οὐ προσθήσω τοῦ σῶσαι ὑμᾶς. 14 πορεύεσθε καὶ βοήσατε πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, οὓς ἐξελέξασθε ἑαυτοῖς, καὶ αὐτοὶ σωσάτωσαν ὑμᾶς ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ὑμῶν. 15 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Κύριον· ἡμάρτομεν, ποίησον σὺ ἡμῖν κατὰ πᾶν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, πλὴν ἐξελοῦ ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ. 16 καὶ ἐξέκλιναν τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἐδούλευσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ μόνῳ, καὶ ὠλιγώθη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν κόπῳ Ἰσραήλ.
17 Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμών, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Γαλαάδ. καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ σκοπιᾷ. 18 καὶ εἶπον ὁ λαὸς οἱ ἄρχοντες Γαλαάδ, ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· τίς ὁ ἀνήρ, ὅστις ἂν ἄρξεται παρατάξασθαι πρὸς υἱοὺς Ἀμμών; καὶ ἔσται εἰς ἄρχοντα πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσι Γαλαάδ.