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Judges 10:1 Explained in Context

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Verse 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.

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This verse introduces Tola as a post-Abimelech deliverer living in Ephraim.

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  • Judges 10:1–5

Read Judges 10:1–5 together. This verse introduces Tola as a post-Abimelech deliverer living in Ephraim. The paired notices give each judge his region, years, death, and burial, with Jair's sons and towns between; verse 6 begins a new apostasy crisis.

Read Judges 10:1–5 together

Why these verses belong together: The paired notices give each judge his region, years, death, and burial, with Jair's sons and towns between; verse 6 begins a new apostasy crisis.

Verse 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.

Verse 2. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

Verse 3. And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

Verse 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.

Verse 5. And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

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Read Judges 10:1–5 — Tola and Jair quietly judge Israel
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Exact location: Judges 10:1–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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