Judges 10:1
After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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In Context
2He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Cross References
Judges 2:16The Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.
Judges 3:27It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
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 →