Bible Person

Tola

Meaning: worm; grub; scarlet · Male · 1 cross reference

This Tola entry refers to the judge in Judges 10:1, not to the ancestor of Issachar in Genesis. He belongs to the quieter period of deliverers between more dramatic crises. First appears in Judg 10:1.1

AI summary: This Tola matters because his cross references preserve a period of stabilizing leadership that could easily be overshadowed by more dramatic judges. The entry helps show that Israel's preservation often came through steady governance as well as spectacular victories. Taken together, the material presents this Tola as a judge who sustained Israel for a significant span of time.1

Central Figure

Tola

Meaning: worm; grub; scarlet

A judge of the tribe of Issachar who “judged” Israel twenty-three years (Judg.