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Tola
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A scarlet worm.
Tola (1)
#Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).
Tola (2)
#A judge of the tribe of Issachar who “judged” Israel twenty-three years (Judg. 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
The first-born of Issachar and ancestor of the Tolaiters. (Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1,2) (B.C. about 1700.) Judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1,2) He is described as “the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar.” Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he died and was buried. (B.C. 1206-1183.)
In the Bible
7
Verses where Tola is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 7:1
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
- Genesis 46:13
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
- Judges 10:1
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.
- Judges 10:2
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
- Judges 10:3
Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
+1 more verse naming Tola.
Scripture on Tola
4
Tola references
13
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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