Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

Shamir

General references

Bible References

Arose

Judges 2:16
Then the Lord raised up judges who rescued them from the hands of those who robbed them.
Judges 3:9
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], the Lord raised up a man to rescue the people of Israel, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

Shamir

Joshua 15:48
In the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh,

General references

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is [like] a strong-boned donkey,
Crouching down between the sheepfolds.