1After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
2Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
Focused Passage
Judges 10:1-2
Apostasy, Confession, and the LORD's Grief Over Israel's Misery
After two brief judges preserve Israel for a season, Israel plunges into multiplied idolatry, experiences covenant judgment through Philistine and Ammonite oppression, confesses sin under rebuke, removes foreign gods, and faces an unresolved leadership crisis in Gilead.
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Verse 1
Original words
After the timeאַחֲרֵ֨יH310Prepositionof Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְH40Noun - proper - masculine singulara manאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular constructof Issacharיִשָּׂשכָ֑רH3485Noun - proper - masculine singularTolaתּוֹלָ֧עH8439Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Puahפּוּאָ֛הH6312Noun - proper - masculine singularthe sonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Dodoדּוֹד֖וֹH1734Noun - proper - masculine singularrose upוַיָּקָם֩H6965Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto saveלְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַH3467Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularוְהֽוּא־וְהֽוּא־H1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularHe livedיֹשֵׁ֥בH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularin Shamirבְּשָׁמִ֖ירH8069Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularin the hill countryבְּהַ֥רH2022Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Ephraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 2
Original words
Tola judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙H8199Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singulartwenty-threeעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242Number - common plural. . .וְשָׁלֹ֖שׁH7969Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singularyearsשָׁנָ֑הH8141Noun - feminine singularand when he diedוַיָּ֖מָתH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhe was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רH6912Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularin Shamirבְּשָׁמִֽיר׃פH8069Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
BSB notes
- Or governed or led; here and throughout the book of Judges