Judges 10:3

twenty. See note, App-50.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Ashtaroth, plural. the Ashtoreths. Compare Judges 2:11-13.

gods of Syria. Genesis 35:3-6.

gods of Zidon. 1 Kings 11:5 (Baal, Astarte).

gods of Moab. Judges 11:24 (Chemosh). 1 Kings 11:33 (Milcom or Molech).

gods of the Philistines: e.g. Dagon (Judges 16:23).

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And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, a man whose home was in Gilead, on the east side of Jordan, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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A Gileadite — Of Gilead beyond Jordan.

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

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Judges 10:3