Tola judges

• Tola (a descendant of Issachar who arose to save…)

• Start — Judges 10:1. The year Tola (a descendant of Issachar who arose to save…) began to judge is the year Abimelech (son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in…)'s rule ended = 2844
• End — Judges 10:2. The year Tola (a descendant of Issachar who arose to save…) ceased to judge Israel is the year he began to judge (2844) + the years he judged (23) = 2867

START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Tola began to judge is the year Abimelech's rule ended. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p54] END:*HYPOTHESIS: Tola's judgeship overlapped with Jair's. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p54]

Years are anno hominis — counted from Creation as year 1 — which is the frame the source computes in. The arithmetic behind each boundary is given above rather than assumed.