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<li> A judge of the tribe of [[Issachar]] who "judged" [[Israel]] twenty-three years (&nbsp;Judges 10:1,2 ), when he died, and was buried in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Tola'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/t/tola.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> <strong> TOLA </strong> . The first of the five minor Judges (&nbsp; Judges 10:1-2 ). In &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 46:13 , &nbsp; Numbers 26:23 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 7:1 he appears as the son of Issachar; [[Tola]] was apparently the name of the leading clan of the tribe. It means ‘a worm,’ from which came a crimson dye (&nbsp; Exodus 16:20 , &nbsp; Isaiah 1:18 ); and was perhaps an animal name due to totemism. Shamir, his home and birthplace, is unidentified. </p> <p> C. W. Emmet. </p>

<p> '''To'la.''' </p> <p> 1. The first-born of Issachar, and ancestor of the Tolaiters. &nbsp;Genesis 46:13; &nbsp;Numbers 26:23; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:1-2. (B.C. about 1700). </p> <p> 2. Judge of Israel, after Abimelech. &nbsp;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). </p>

<p> TO'LA, n. In India, a weight for gold and silver, but different in different places. </p>

<p> (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains. </p>

<p> (Heb. Tola', תּוֹלָע '','' a ''Worm,'' as in &nbsp;Exodus 16:20; Sept. θωλά v.r. θωλέ, etc.; Vulg. ''Thola'' )'','' the name of two Hebrews. </p> <p> '''1.''' The first-born of Issachar (&nbsp;Genesis 46:13; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:1). B.C. 1856. He had six sons (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:2), who became progenitors of families known collectively as the [[Tolaites]] (&nbsp;Numbers 26:23), and these in David's time mustered 22,600 valiant soldiers (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:2). </p> <p> '''2.''' Judge of Israel after Abimelech (&nbsp;Judges 10:1-2). He is described in that passage as "the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar." In the Sept. and Vulg. he is made the son of Abimelech's uncle, [[Dodo]] (דּוֹדוֹ ) being considered an appellative. But Gideon, Abimelech's father, was a Manassite. Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years (B.C. 1319-1296) at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he died and was buried. [[Josephus]] does not mention him (''Ant.'' 5, 7,.6); but (as Whiston remarks) inasmuch as the total of the years there agree, his name seems to have fallen out of our copies. (See [[Judge]]). </p>

<p> A weight in India for gold and silver, equal to 180 grains troy. </p>