Judges 10 · Verse 2

Judges 10:2

And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Judges 10:2, King James Version

Judges 10:2 in other translations

BSBTola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
WEBHe judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
ASVAnd he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
YLTand he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.
DARBYAnd he judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died, and was buried in Shamir.
BBEHe was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.
WebsterAnd he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

What does Judges 10:2 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 10:1-5

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 appointed of God.

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Judges 10:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙vai.yish.Potand he judgedH8199
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְשָׁלֹ֖שׁve.sha.Loshand threeH7969
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיָּ֖מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912
בְּשָׁמִֽיר\׃\ \פbe.sha.Mirin ShamirH8069

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Judges 10:1

    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.

  • Judges 10:2

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

  • Judges 10:3

    And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

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Judges 10:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y juzgó á Israel veintitrés años, y murió, y fué sepultado en Samir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il jugea Israël 23 ans; et il mourut, et fut enterré à Shamir.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er richtete Israel 23 Jahre; und er starb und wurde zu Schamir begraben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et judicavit Israëlem viginti et tribus annis, mortuusque est, ac sepultus in Samir.