[:en]Tola led Israel for 23 years while Jair led Israel for 22 years. These 2 judges served by administering the internal problem of the nation. When the Israelites forsook the Lord and served others gods, the Lord let the Philistines and the Ammorites ruled over them for 18 years. When they cried out to the Lord in repentance by putting away all the foreign gods, God listened to their cry.
*God won’t listen to insincere confession born out of suffering. A sincere confusion is accompanied by repentance and putting away of sin*[:]