Judges 10:2

2 Tola judged Israel 23 years, and when he died, was buried in Shamir.

Judges 10:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 10:2

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died
He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted as a judge, in which office he continued twenty three years, and faithfully discharged it, and died in honour:

and was buried in Shamir;
the place where he executed his office. It is said ^F20, that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.

Judges 10:2 In-Context

1 After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo [became judge] and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 Tola judged Israel 23 years, and when he died, was buried in Shamir.

3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.

4 He had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day.

5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.