Tola

Judge of Israel who succeeded Abimelech

A written article for Tola is still to come. Below and alongside: where Tola appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1300 BC
    1200 BC
  • Tola
    c. 1250 BC

Original word

  • תּוֹלָע tola
    H8439
Relationships
Father: Puah
Citations
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Where Tola appears in Scripture

Genesis 46

וּבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפֻוָּה וְיוֹב וְשִׁמְרֹֽן׃
13
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Numbers 26

בְּנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם תּוֹלָע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַתּֽוֹלָעִי לְפֻוָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַפּוּנִֽי׃
23
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

Judges 10

וַיָּקָם אַֽחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלָע בֶּן-פּוּאָה בֶּן-דּוֹדוֹ אִישׁ יִשָּׂשכָר וְהֽוּא-יֹשֵׁב בְּשָׁמִיר בְּהַר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
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.

1 Chronicles 7

וְלִבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפוּאָה ‫(ישיב)‬ יָשׁוּב וְשִׁמְרוֹן אַרְבָּעָֽה׃
1
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
וּבְנֵי תוֹלָע עֻזִּי וּרְפָיָה וִֽירִיאֵל וְיַחְמַי וְיִבְשָׂם וּשְׁמוּאֵל רָאשִׁים לְבֵית-אֲבוֹתָם לְתוֹלָע גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל לְתֹֽלְדוֹתָם מִסְפָּרָם בִּימֵי דָוִיד עֶשְׂרִֽים-וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃
2
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.