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The first-born of Issachar and ancestor of the Tolaiters. ( Genesis 46:13 ; Numbers 26:23 ; 1 Chronicles 7:1 , 2 ) (B.C. about 1700.) Judge of Israel after Abimelech. ( Judges 10:1 , 2 ) He is described as “the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar.” Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he died and was buried. (B.C. 1206-1183.)
one of the towns of Simeon, ( 1 Chronicles 4:29 ) elsewhere called El-tolad.
the descendants of Tola the son of Issachar. ( Numbers 26:23 )
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