A scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).
(2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who “judged” Israel twenty-three years (Judg. 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair.
Tola
Tola is a name that appears in two quiet places. He was a son of Issachar, listed among those who went down to Egypt with Jacob in Genesis 46, and his descendants were counted again as the family of the Tolaites in Numbers 26. Centuries later another Tola, son of Puah and a man of Issachar, rose up after the troubled reign of Abimelech. Judges 10 says he came “to defend Israel,” lived in the hill country of Ephraim, judged for twenty-three years, and was buried in Shamir. The book gives him only two verses.
4 verses
Genesis
Genesis 46:13
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Numbers
Numbers 26:23
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
Judges
Judges 10:1
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.
Judges 10:2
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(1.) The first-born of Issachar and ancestor of the Tolaiters. (Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1,2) (B.C. about 1700.)
(2.) Judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1,2) He is described as "the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar." Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he died and was buried. (B.C. 1206-1183.)