John Gill Commentary Judges 10:2

"And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir." — Judges 10:2 (ASV)

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died
He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted as a judge, in which office he continued twenty three years, and faithfully discharged it, and died in honour:

and was buried in Shamir ;
the place where he executed his office. It is said ^F20 , that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.