Read Judges 10.1-18. In verses 1-5: Minor judges: Tola and Jair. In verses 1-2: Tola is the only minor judge credited with military role (rose to deliver Israel). Tradition preserves the names Tola and Puah (as Puvah) as clans of Issachar (Gen 46.13). In verses 3-5: Jair remembered as a pioneer in the voth-jair means "tent villages of Jair." In verses 6-18: Oppression by Ammon. In verse 6: A long catalog of gods emphasizes the magnitude of Israel's infidelity. In verses 7-8: The Ammonites lived to the east and south of Israel's territory in Gilead. In verses 12: Traditions of deliverance from the Sidonians or the otherwise unknown Maoonites are not preserved elsewhere. In verse 13: The Lord has fulfilled the threat made in 2.3. In verse 16: To put away the foreign gods may reflect an established ceremony (Gen 35,2-4; Josh 24.23) The Lord's relationship to Israel is described as an emotional attachment. Comments or Questions..
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