Judges 10:8

That year and for eighteen more years they harassed and oppressed the Israelites, all the Israelites that lived on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7So the Lord became angry with Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

9The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to attack Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, causing terrible trouble for Israel.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:39The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, attacked Gilead and captured it. They drove out the Amorites who were living there.

Judges 10:5Jair died and he was buried in Kamon.

1 Thessalonians 5:3When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

Matthew Henry on Judges 10:7-10

Israel Oppressed by the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1161.) 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. 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. 8 And that year they vexed and… Read the whole commentary →

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