There arose — Not of himself, but raised by God, as the other judges were. To defend — Or, to save, which he did not by fighting against, and overthrowing their enemies, but by a prudent and pious government of them, whereby he kept them from sedition, oppression, and idolatry. In Shamir — Which was in the very midst of the land.
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Judges 10:1
1 And after Abimelech there arose to defenda Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.