Jdg 10:1-5 - Commentary

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10:1 After Abimelech’s death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country. 10:2 He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir. 10:3 Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years. 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair– they are in the land of Gilead. 10:5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

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· Abimelech priest (Eli Ithamar) of Nob, whom Saul killed; Ahimelech I,a priest, Ahimelech II; son of Abiathar son of Ahimelech I,a man who was part of David's fugitive band; a Hittite

· Dodo grandfather of Tola the judge--before Saul's time,son of Ahohi; one of David's military elite,father of Elhanan, one of David's military elite from Bethlehem

· Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Gilead a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad

· Gileadite member(s) of the clan, or residents of the region of Gilead

· Havvoth-Jair a group of towns, a region

· Havvoth-jair a group of towns, a region

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Issachar the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

· Jair son of Segub son of Hezron of Judah,a man of Gilead who judged Israel twenty-two years,son of Shime-i son of Kish of Benjamin; father of Mordecai,the father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath

· Kamon a place where Judge Jair was buried, part way between Lake Galilee and Ramoth-Gilead

· Puah son of Issachar

· Shamir a town in the hill country of Judah,a town in the hill country of Ephraim,chief son of Micah (Uzziel Kohath Levi)

· Tola son of Issachar,son of Puah (Dodo Issachar); the judge who succeeded Abimelech

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NET Notes: Jdg 10:1 Heb “a man of Issachar.”

NET Notes: Jdg 10:2 Traditionally, “judged.”

NET Notes: Jdg 10:4 Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

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