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10:1-2 Tola. Tola was the sixth judge, the second "minor" judge (that is, one about whom little is recorded; Shamgar was the first), and he judged 23 years. He arose to save Israel (v. 1), which it needed after Abimelech's tyranny. This brief account echoes that of Deborah's early activity (cf. esp. 4:4-5; 5:7).