2. Tola was a judge for Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3. After Tola died, Jair from the region of Gilead became judge. He was a judge for Israel for twenty-two years.
4. Jair had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. These thirty sons controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which are called the Towns of Jair to this day.
5. Jair died and was buried in the city of Kamon.
6. Again the Israelites did what the Lord said was wrong. They worshiped Baal and Ashtoreth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. The Israelites left the Lord and stopped serving him.