Judges 10:2

and he judged Israel, twenty-three years,—and died, and was buried in Shamir.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

In Context

1And there arose, after Abimelech, to save Israel—Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man of Issachar,—and, he, used to sit in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim;

3And there arose, after him, Jair the Gileadite,—and judged Israel twenty-two years.

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Cross References

Judges 11:26all the time that Israel hath been dwelling in Heshbon and in her towns, and in Aroer and in her towns, and in all the cities that are on the banks of Arnon,—for three hundred years? Wherefore, then, have ye not made a rescue within that time?

Matthew Henry on Judges 10:2-6

Government of Tola and Jair. ( b. c. 1183.) 1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.… Read the whole commentary →

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