From Judges 10-12
1. Tola, son of Puah, son of Dodo. Man, this family probably had many talents, but naming does not seem to be among those talents. Can you imagine the first day at school? "Hi, my name is Puah..." and after the class finally was restored to order, you continue, "and my dad's name is Dodo..." I wonder how complicated it was to change names back then.
2. I noticed that there are number of people that it talks about in these chapters that had X number of sons / grandsons who all rode donkeys. (Abdon and Jair) I am going out on a limb to guess that riding donkeys indicated that you were someone of some importance / wealth / ability. At least, I hope this is the significance. If I told someone that I had three sons and a daughter who all rode donkeys today, the laughter would probably never stop. I am guessing that camels and horses were either not vogue yet or just for the very wealthy.
3. Jephthah is very wise in his response to the King of the Ammonites, and I agree with his statements. The king of the Ammonites was just trying to make up excuses for his agression. Serves him right, getting his butt kicked in battle.
4. Jephthah is very stupid in his oath that he made to God. What did he think was going to be the first thing to come out of his house to greet him upon his safe arrival back home, his dog / lamb / bull? Give me a break!
5. The trick that the Gileadites used to catch the Ephraimites was a good one. It reminds me of how Chinese say the word for "it is" - in pinyin it is "shi". If you were trying to distinguish people of northern mainland from people of Taiwan, you could have them say this word. It would be a similar outcome to the "Shibboleth / Sibboleth" trick.
6. There once was a man named Jair,
Who sat in a judgment chair;
With thirty good sons,
He stuck to his guns,
And he ruled more than twenty years there.
(Sorry, but I couldn't help it - the name Jair was too tempting.)
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