1. After the death of Abimelek, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
2. He judged Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3. After him Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.