Shofetim 10:2

2 And he judged Yisroel twenty and three shanah, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

Shofetim 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.

Shofetim 10:2 In-Context

1 0 And after Avimelech there arose to save Yisroel Tolah ben Puah ben Dodo, an ish Yissakhar; and he dwelt in Shamir in har Ephrayim.

2 And he judged Yisroel twenty and three shanah, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

3 And after him arose Yair, a Gileadi, and judged Yisroel twenty and two shanah.

4 And he had shloshim banim that rode on shloshim donkeys, and they had shloshim towns, which are called Chavvot Yair unto this day, which are in Eretz Gil‘ad.

5 And Yair died, and was buried in Kamon.