TOLA

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1. Son of Issachar
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. (Genesis 46:1313And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. (Genesis 46:13))
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: (Numbers 26:2323Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: (Numbers 26:23))
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (1 Chronicles 7:1-21Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (1 Chronicles 7:1‑2))
2. A judge (leader, hero) of Israel
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. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. (Judges 10:1-21And 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. 2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. (Judges 10:1‑2))