When Did the Judges of Ancient Israel Rule?

Yesterday, October 9th I published a Reference article entitled:  From Adam to the Babylonian Exile

One person sent me an email thanking me for the article.  Today I will add to that detail by providing the King's Calendar Time frames for the Judges of Israel.

Bible Facts and Figures

• Joshua  : Judges - Length of Judgeship is not listed.
• Oppression : 8 years - Judges 3:8
• Othniel  : 40 years : Judges 3:11
• Oppression by Moab : 18 years: Judges 3:14  
• Ehud  : 80 years : Judges 3:30
• Oppression : 40 years: Judges 4:4 
• Deborah  : 40 years : Judges 5:13 
• Oppression : 7 years : Judges 6:1
• Gideon  :  40 years : Judges 8:28 
• Abimelech  : 3 years : Judges 9:22 
• Tola  : 23 years : Judges 10:2 
• Jair  : 22 years : Judges 10:3  
• Oppression : 18 years : Judges 10:8  
• Jephthah  : 6 years : Judges 12:7  
• Ibzan  : 7 years : Judges 12:8  
• Elon  : 10 years : Judges 12:11
• Abdon  :  8 years : Judges 12:13
• Oppression 40 years : Judges 13:1  
• Samson  : 20 years : Judges 16:31
• Eli  : 40 years : 1 Samuel 4:18
• Samuel  : No years listed : 1 Samuel 4:18  
• King Saul : No years listed : 1 Samuel 13:1 
• King David   : 40 years : 1 Samuel 16:1  
• King Solomon  : 40 years : 1 Chronicles 29:1 

King's Calendar Historical Time Frame
Reconstruction of the artificial chronology.
(Biblical Years = 336 days)

The King's Calendar in using a value of 336 days for each Biblical year demonstrates that the Synchronous Chronology for Israel's Divided Kingdom Period is correct.  Using the same methodology, the time frames for the Judges of Israel are:

• 1412 - 1390 : Joshua
  1389 - 1383 : Cushanrishathaim
  1382 - 1346 : Peace/Othniel
  1345 - 1329 : Moab 
  1328 - 1313 : Peace/Ehud     
  1312 - 1294 : Oppression     
  1293 - 1257 : Deborah    
  1256 - 1251 : Midian     
  1250 - 1214 : Gideon     
  1213 - 1211 : Abimelech     
  1210 - 1190 : Tola     
  1189 - 1170 : Jair     
  1169 - 1153 : Oppression     
  1152 - 1147 : Jephthah   
  1146 - 1141 : Ibzan     
  1140 - 1131 : Elon  ] 40 years
  1130 - 1123 : Abdon ] of
  1122 - 1105 : Samson] Oppression
  1104 - 1068 : Eli    
  1067 - 1039 : Samuel
  1039 - 1010 : Saul
  1010 -  974 : David
    974 -  936 : Solomon

Additional Reading and Divided Kingdom Chart may be found at:

R.P.Bendedek

Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com
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R.P.BenDedek is the pseudonym of the Author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' (www.kingscalendar.com), and is a guest columnist at Magic City Morning Star News. An Australian, he currently teaches Conversational English in China.

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