Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:2

And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

2. And he judged ] Jdg 10:3; see Jdg 3:10 n.

and was buried, in Shamir ] ‘We are probably to infer that the tomb of the eponymous ancestor of the clan was in later times shewn at Shamir’ (Moore). This applies, with different names, to similar notices of the other Minor Judges.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Jair the Gileadite was probably the same person as is named in Num 32:41; Deu 3:14, as having given the name of Havoth-jair to certain villages in Bashan.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died,…. He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted as a judge, in which office he continued twenty three years, and faithfully discharged it, and died in honour:

and was buried in Shamir; the place where he executed his office. It is said t, that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.

t Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(2) He judged Israel.The recurrence of the normal verb (to judge) shows that Tola was an honour able Suffes, not a despot, like Abimelech. Nothing further is known about Tola.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Jdg 10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

Ver. 2. And he judged Israel twenty and three years. ] Appeasing the tumults at the end of Abimelech’s reign, restoring the true religion, and administering justice according to God’s laws. a

a Dr May.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

twenty, &c. See note on Jdg 9:22.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

Reciprocal: Jdg 11:26 – three hundred

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge