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Judges 10:3 (NIV)

He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

Judges 10:4 (NIV)

He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord . They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the Lord and no longer served him,

Judges 10:7 (NIV)

he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Judges 10:8 (NIV)

who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

Judges 10:9 (NIV)

The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

Judges 10:10 (NIV)

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord , “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”

Judges 10:11 (NIV)

The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

Judges 10:12 (NIV)

the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?

Judges 10:13 (NIV)

But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

Judges 10:14 (NIV)

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

Judges 10:15 (NIV)

But the Israelites said to the Lord , “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”

Judges 10:16 (NIV)

Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord . And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

Judges 10:17 (NIV)

When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

Judges 10:18 (NIV)

The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:1 (NIV)

By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away!

2 Corinthians 10:2 (NIV)

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

2 Corinthians 10:3 (NIV)

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.

2 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV)

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:6 (NIV)

And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 10:7 (NIV)

You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

2 Corinthians 10:8 (NIV)

So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

2 Corinthians 10:9 (NIV)

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.