Judges 10:1
After Abimelech, a leader rose up in Israel, Tola, the son of Puah, the paternal uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who lived in Shamir on mount Ephraim.
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2And he judged Israel for twenty-three years, and he died and was buried at Shamir.
Cross References
Judges 2:16And the Lord raised up judges, who would free them from the hands of their oppressors. But they were not willing to listen to them.
Judges 3:27And immediately he sounded the trumpet on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel descended with him, he himself advancing at the front.
Matthew Henry on Judges 10:1
In this chapter we have, I. The peaceable times Israel enjoyed under the government of two judges, Tola and Jair, ver. 1-5 . II. The troublesome times that ensued. 1. Israel's sin that brought them into trouble, ver. 6 . 2. The trouble itself they were in, ver. 7-9 . III. Their repentance and humiliation for sin, their prayers and reformation, and the mercy they found with God thereupon, ver. 10-16 . IV. Preparation made for their deliverance out of the hand of their oppressors, ver. 17, 18 . Read the whole commentary →