1. Issachar's firstborn (Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1-2). Ancestor of the Tolaites, 22,600 men of valor in David's time.
2. Next judge of Israel after Abimelech (Judges 10:1). Son of Puah, of Issachar. Judged for 23 years at Shamir in Mount Ephraim; here he died and was buried.