1 After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Tola judged Israel 23 years and when he died, was buried in Shamir.
3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.
4 He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair’s Villages to this day.