1And after Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] there arose to defend Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] Tola [worm] the son of Puah [Splendid], the son of Dodo [his beloved], a man of Yissakhar [There Is Recompense]; and he dwelt in Shamir [A Point or Thorn] in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful]. 2And he judged Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir [A Point or Thorn].

3And after him arose Ya’ir [He Enlightens], a Gil’adi [Hill of Testimony], and judged Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] twenty and two years. 4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havot-Ya’ir [Villages of the Enlighteners] unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. 5And Ya’ir [He Enlightens] died, and was buried in Kamon [Raised].

6And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] did evil again in the sight of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and served Ba’alim [lords (false gods)], and ‘Ashtarot [Star (female deity)], and the gods of Aram (Aram (Syria) [exalted]), and the gods of Tzidon [Hunting], and the gods of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and the gods of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and the gods of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and forsook the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and served not him. 7And the anger of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was hot against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and he sold them into the hands of the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and into the hands of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred]. 8And that year they vexed and oppressed the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: eighteen years, all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] that [were] on the other side Yarden [Descender] in the land of the Emori [Highlanders], which [is] in Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. 9Moreover the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] passed over Yarden [Descender] to fight also against Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and against Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], and against the house of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful]; so that Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] was sore distressed.

10And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] cried unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), saying, We have sinned against youⁱ, both because we have forsaken our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and also served Ba’alim [lords (false gods)]. 11And the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Mitzri, and from the Emori [Highlanders], from the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and from the P’lishtim [Immigrants]? 12The people of Tzidon [Hunting] also, and the ‘Amalekim [Dwellers in a Valley], and the Ma’on [Habitation], did oppress you; and you^2f cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13Yet you^2f have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14Go and cry unto the gods which you^2f have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), We have sinned: do youⁱ unto us whatsoever seems good unto youⁱ; deliver us only, we pray youⁱ, this day. 16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and his soul was grieved for the misery of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

17Then the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] were gathered together, and encamped in Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mitzpah [Watchtower]. 18And the people [and] princes of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred]? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gil’ad [Rocky Region].