KJV King James Version
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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Judges 10:1
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After 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.
WEB World English Bible
After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
ASV American Standard Version
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hillcountry of Ephraim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there riseth after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim,
Surrounding context — Judges 10
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.
2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
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וַיָּקָם֩H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאַחֲרֵ֨יH310 · a.charafterאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechלְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַH3467 · ya.sahto saveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelתּוֹלָ֧עH8439 · to.laTolaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childפּוּאָ֛הH6312 · pu.ahPuahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childדּוֹד֖וֹH1734 · do.doDodoאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanיִשָּׂשכָ֑רH3485 · yis.sa.s.kharIssacharוְהֽוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itיֹשֵׁ֥בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּשָׁמִ֖ירH8069 · sha.mirShamirבְּהַ֥רH2022 · harmountain: mountאֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669 · eph.ra.yimEphraim
Cross-references
Judges 2:16Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.Joshua 15:48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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