Judges 10:2

2 He led^[a] Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

Judges 10:2 in Other Translations

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

2 And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.

2 He judged Israel for twenty-three years. When he died, he was buried in Shamir.

2 He judged Israel for twenty-three years and then died and was buried at Shamir.

2 Tola judged Israel 23 years, and when he died, was buried in Shamir.

Judges 10:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 10:2

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died
He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted as a judge, in which office he continued twenty three years, and faithfully discharged it, and died in honour:

and was buried in Shamir;
the place where he executed his office. It is said ^F20, that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.

Judges 10:2 In-Context

1 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

3 He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

4 He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.

5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

Footnotes

• [a]. Traditionally "judged" ; also in verse 3