Describes a time when Israel was ruled by judges and the cycle of turning away from God, facing trouble, and then returning to Him.
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.
After Abimelech, Tola, son of Puah and Dodo, a man from Issachar, stepped up to protect Israel. He lived in Shamir, on Mount Ephraim.