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Stability Restored

10 After Abimelech’s death,[a] Tola son of Puah, grandson[b] of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar,[c] rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country. He led[d] Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:1 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Judges 10:1 tn Heb “son.”
  3. Judges 10:1 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
  4. Judges 10:2 tn Traditionally, “judged.”

Tola Becomes Israel’s Judge

10 After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. He judged Israel for twenty-three years. When he died, he was buried in Shamir.

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