Judges 10:1-2

Tola

1 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 He led^[a] Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

Judges 10:1-2 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. S Judges 8:31
• 2. S Genesis 30:18
• 3. S Genesis 46:13
• 4. S Judges 2:16; Judges 6:14
• 5. Joshua 15:48

Footnotes

• [a]. Traditionally "judged" ; also in verse 3