Judges 10:1
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
What it says
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah of Issachar rises to save Israel and lives in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
What it is doing
This verse introduces Tola as a new deliverer and locates him in Israel's landscape.
In context
1After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 2Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.