In this chapter we have, I. The peaceable times Israel enjoyed under the government of two judges, Tola and Jair, Judg. 10:1–5. II. The troublesome times that ensued. 1. Israel’s sin that brought them into trouble, Judg. 10:6. 2. The trouble itself they were in, Judg. 10:7–9. III.

Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, are the worst to write of, as yielding least variety of matter for the historian to entertain his reader with; such were the reigns of these two judges, Tola and Jair, who make but a small figure and take up but a very little room in this…

While those two judges, Tola and Jair, presided in the affairs of Israel, things went well, but afterwards, I. Israel returned to their idolatry, that sin which did most easily beset them : They did evil again in the sight of the Lord, from whom they were unaccountably bent to backslide, as a…

Here is, I. A humble confession which Israel make to God in their distress, Judg. 10:10. Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the rod.