Judges 10:1-5

Tola and Jair

1 After Abimelech there arose to ¹save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in ²the hill country of Ephraim.

2 And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.

3 After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

4 And he had thirty sons who ³rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, ⁴which are in the land of Gilead.

5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

Judges 10:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 10

This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Jud 10:1-5, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Jud 10:6-9, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to grant them any, though upon their importunity and reformation he had compassion on them, Jud 10:10-16 and the chapter is concluded with the preparation made by both armies for a battle, Jud 10:17,18.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 12, 13; See Judges 2:16
• 2. See Joshua 24:33
• 3. Judges 5:10; Judges 12:14
• 4. Deuteronomy 3:14