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Verse Judges 10:4. _HE HAD THIRTY SONS, C._] It appears that there
was both peace and prosperity during the time that Jair governed
Israel he had, it seems, provided for his family, and given a villa...
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CHAPTER 10:1-5 TOLA AND JAIR
_ 1. Tola judging twenty-three years (Judges 10:1)_
2. Jair judging twenty-two years (Judges 10:3)
These are but brief records but not without meaning. Tola means,
trans...
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TOLA AND JAIR. These are the first of five minor Judges, the other
three being named in Judges 12:8. Of the exploits of these Judges we
know nothing. Only a few bare facts regarding their parentage, p...
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_he had thirty sons_ Cf. Judges 12:9; Judges 12:14. The -sons" are
expressly connected with the thirty settlements of the clan. Numerous
descendants indicated power and wealth.
_that rode on thirty as...
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Judges 10:1-5. _The Minor Judges: Tola and Jair_
The five Minor Judges, Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon (Judges
12:8-15), are so called because, unlike the other Judges, they fill
but a small place in...
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_Tola and Jair Judge Israel Judges 10:1-5_
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...
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_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._
He had thirty sons that rode on thirty...
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HAVOTH-JAIR] i.e. tent-villages of Jair: cp. 1 Chronicles 2:22....
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THE AMMONITE OPPRESSION
1-5. The Minor Judges, Tola and Jair....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
V1 After the time when Abimelech had lived, Puah’s son Tola came to
rescue *Israel. (Puah was Dodo’s son.) Tola was from Issachar’s
*tribe. He li...
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HAD THIRTY SONS. — An indication of his rank and position, which
assumed an ostentatious polygamy. (Comp. Judges 8:30.)
THAT RODE ON THIRTY ASS COLTS. — Comp. Judges 5:10; see on Judges
12:14. Implyin...
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וַֽ יְהִי ־לֹ֞ו שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים
רֹֽכְבִים֙...
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GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF
Judges 10:1; Judges 11:1
THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we
learn first of the influence which the region called Gilead was coming
to have in Hebre...
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INVETERATE IDOLATRY
Judges 10:1
The scene is now removed to the tribes across the Jordan, especially
those settled, in Gilead and its vicinity. The children of Ammon were
the aggressors, and acquired...
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Following the death of Abimelech there seems to have been a period of
forty years' quietness under the dictatorship of Tola and Jair.
After this there appears to have broken out a period characterize...
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Next, Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years and lived in Shamir,
which is in the mountains of Ephraim. Jair next ruled over Israel for
twenty-two years....
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And he had thirty sons that (a) rode on thirty ass colts, and they had
thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are]
in the land of Gilead.
(a) Signifying, they were men of au...
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Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, which they
had formerly received from another Jair, Numbers xxxii. 41.
(Challoner) --- Sixty are there specified, and only 30 here, which
might...
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There was an illustrious Jair before this man. Numbers 32:41. Though
Jair reigned twenty-two years, and was eminently distinguished as a
father, with a numerous progeny, and provided for them nobly, y...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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_UNEVENTFUL TIMES_
‘Thirty sons that rode on thirty ass = colts.’
Judges 10:4
I. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS QUESTIONS, NO THRILLING PROBLEMS, TO ENGAGE
ISRAEL AT THIS TIME: and therefore the people took...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12.
After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in
the internal struggles which took place between the children of
Israel...
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AND HE HAD THIRTY SONS THAT RODE UPON THIRTY ASS COLTS,.... Which to
ride on in those times was reckoned honourable, and on which judges
rode in their circuit, Judges 5:10 and such might be these sons...
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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.
Ver. 4. _And he had thirty sons._] A ha...
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_Jair, a Gileadite_ Of Gilead, beyond Jordan. _He had thirty sons_
Who, it seems, were itinerant judges, and went from place to place, as
their father's deputies, to administer justice. _That rode on...
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1 Tola iudgeth Israel in Shamir.
3 Iair, whose thirtie sonnes had thirtie cities.
6 The Philistines and Ammonites oppresse Israel.
10 In their miserie, God sendeth them to their false gods.
15 Vpo...
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And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had
thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair, the villages of Jair,
from the original Jair, Deuteronomy 3:14, UNTO THIS DAY, WHICH ARE...
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The Judgeship of Tola and Jair....
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TOLA'S 23 YEARS AS JUDGE
(vv. 1-2)
Abimelech had been no help to Israel in his three years of authority,
now another man, Tola of Issachar, "arose to save Israel" (v. 1). We
are not told what he sav...
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HAVOTHJAIR:
Or, the villages of Jair...
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1-5 Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, yield
least variety of matter to be spoken of. Such were the days of Tola
and Jair. They were humble, active, and useful men, rulers appoint...
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RODE ON ASS COLTS, because horses were scarce there, and were not to
be multiplied by the king himself, DEUTERONOMY 17:16. Hence their
kings and kings children used to ride upon mules, 2 Samuel 13:29,...
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Judges 10 THE RISE OF AMMON.
This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days
their parts of Israel enjoyed peace, after which, by sinning against
God Israel came into further trou...
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HAVOTHJAIR
Or, The villages of Jair. (Numbers 32:41)....
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CONTENTS: Further apostasy; servitude to Philistines and Amorites.
CHARACTERS: God, Tola, Jair.
CONCLUSION: The pleasures of sense, the gods of this world, cannot be
our satisfaction (Judges 10:14)....
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Judges 10:1. _Tola, son of Puah;_ therefore he was the grandson of
Othniel's brother. God called him from the treasures of his
providence, to nourish his people for twenty three years after evil
times...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:3__ JAIR, the seventh judge and third minor
judge, judged 22 years. He was rather wealthy (v. Judges 10:4) and
lived in...
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_FORTY-FIVE YEARS PASSED OVER IN SILENCE_
(Judges 10:1.)
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 10:1. AFTER ABIMELECH.] This man is
recognised as having been a ruler in Israel, notwithstanding his
scandalous career...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 10:1
TOLA THE SON OF PUAH, THE SON OF DODO. Nothing more is known of Tola
than what is here told us, viz; his name, his parentage, his
dwelling-place, his office, the length of time...
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Now in chapter ten we go through a series of judges quite rapidly.
After Abimelech there rose to defend Israel Tola, a man of Issachar;
[from the tribe of Issachar] he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim...
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Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 12:14; Judges 5:10; Numbers 32:41...
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And he had thirty sons — They were itinerant judges, who rode from
place to place, as their father's deputies to administer justice.
Havoth — jair — These villages were called so before this time
from...