Judges 10:1
After Abimelech there arose a ruler in Israel, Thola son of Phua the uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he judged Israel three and twenty years, and he died and was buried in Samir.
Cross References
Judges 2:16And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,
Judges 3:27And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in 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 →