Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 10:4
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 authority.
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 authority.
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
_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...
THE AMMONITE OPPRESSION 1-5. The Minor Judges, Tola and Jair....
HAVOTH-JAIR] i.e. tent-villages of Jair: cp. 1 Chronicles 2:22....
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...
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...
וַֽ יְהִי ־לֹ֞ו שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים רֹֽכְבִים֙...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
The Judgeship of Tola and Jair....
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...
HAVOTHJAIR: Or, the villages of Jair...
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...
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,...
Judges 10:4 thirty H7970 sons H1121 rode H7392 (H8802) thirty H7970 donkeys H5895 thirty H7970 towns H5892 called...
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...
HAVOTHJAIR Or, The villages of Jair. (Numbers 32:41)....
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)....
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 12:14; Judges 5:10; Numbers 32:41...
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...