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Good News Translation

Judges 10:2

He was Israel's leader for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Judge;   Shamir;   Tola;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tola;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judges, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shamir;   Tola;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judges;   Shamir (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Issachar;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Shamir;   Tola;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Shamir ;   Tola ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sha'mir;   To'la;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronology of the Old Testament;   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   Tola;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years and when he died, was buried in Shamir.
Hebrew Names Version
He judged Yisra'el twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
King James Version
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Lexham English Bible
And he judged Israel twenty-three years. And he died and was buried in Shamir.
English Standard Version
And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.
New Century Version
Tola was a judge for Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
New English Translation
He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.
Amplified Bible
Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir.
New American Standard Bible
He judged Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he iudged Israel three and twentie yeere and dyed, and was buried in Shamir.
Legacy Standard Bible
En hy het Israel drie en twintig jaar lank gerig; en hy het gesterwe en is in Samir begrawe.
Contemporary English Version
Tola was a leader of Israel for twenty-three years, then he died and was buried in Shamir.
Complete Jewish Bible
He judged Isra'el twenty-three years, and when he died he was buried in Shamir.
Darby Translation
And he judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died, and was buried in Shamir.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tola was a judge for the Israelites for 23 years. Then he died and was buried in the city of Shamir.
George Lamsa Translation
And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and he died and was buried in Shamir.
Literal Translation
And he judged Israel twenty three years. And he died and was buried in Shamir.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and iudged Israel thre and twentye yeare, and died, and was buried at Samir.
American Standard Version
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Bible in Basic English
He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he iudged Israel twentie & three yeres, & died, & was buried in Samir.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
King James Version (1611)
And he iudged Israel twenty and three yeeres, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Samir.
English Revised Version
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Berean Standard Bible
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he demyde Israel thre and twenti yeer, and he `was deed, and biriede in Sanyr.
Young's Literal Translation
and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.
Update Bible Version
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
World English Bible
He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
New King James Version
He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.
New Living Translation
He judged Israel for twenty-three years. When he died, he was buried in Shamir.
New Life Bible
He judged Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
New Revised Standard
He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died, and was buried at Shamir.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he judged Israel, twenty-three years, - and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he judged Israel three and twenty years, and he died, and was buried in Samir.
Revised Standard Version
And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died, and was buried at Shamir.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.

Contextual Overview

1 After Abimelech's death Tola, the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, came to free Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar and lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He was Israel's leader for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir. 3 After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He led Israel for twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which are still called the villages of Jair. 5 Jair died and was buried at Kamon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 11:26 - three hundred

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
Genesis 10:7
The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:12
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Genesis 10:14
Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.
Genesis 10:21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.
Isaiah 66:19
and will know that I am the one who punishes them. "But I will spare some of them and send them to the nations and the distant lands that have not heard of my fame or seen my greatness and power: to Spain, Libya, and Lydia, with its skilled archers, and to Tubal and Greece. Among these nations they will proclaim my greatness.
Ezekiel 27:7
Your sails were made of linen, Embroidered linen from Egypt, Easily recognized from afar. Your awnings were made of finest cloth, Of purple from the island of Cyprus.
Ezekiel 38:6
All the fighting men of the lands of Gomer and Beth Togarmah in the north are with him, and so are men from many other nations.
Ezekiel 38:15
to come from your place in the far north, leading a large, powerful army of soldiers from many nations, all of them on horseback.
Ezekiel 39:1
The Sovereign Lord said, "Mortal man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and tell him that I am his enemy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 t, that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.

t Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jair the Gileadite was probably the same person as is named in Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14, as having given the name of “Havoth-jair” to certain villages in Bashan.


 
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