Jair the Gileadite was probably the same person as is named in (Numbers 32:41) and (Deuteronomy 3:14), as having given the …

He judged Israel. —The recurrence of the normal verb (to judge) shows that Tola was an honorable "Judge," not a despot, like Abimelech. No…

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died
He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted a…

Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, yield the least variety of matter for discussion. Such were the days of Tola and Jair. They…