1 Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to saveIsrael; and he lived in Shamir in the hillcountry of Ephraim.
2 He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
18 The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."