R.P. BenDedek
The Judges of Ancient Israel.
By R.P.BenDedek
Nov 4, 2010 - 12:07:04 AM

When Did the Judges of Ancient Israel Rule?

After publishing a Reference article at Magic City entitled: From Adam to the Babylonian Exile I received an email thanking me for that article. Today I will add to that detail by providing the King's Calendar Time frames for the Judges of Israel. For a discussion on the Judges of Israel go to: Israel's Period of the Judges at Kingscalendar.com

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:

• Israel's Period of the Judges
• Seder Olam Rabbah's Confusing Chronology (Samuel, Saul & David)
• Seder Olam Discrepancies (Samuel, Saul & David)
• Apportioning the 63 years left for Samuel and Saul

R.P.Bendedek

Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com

R.P.BenDedek is the Author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' and a guest columnist at Magic City Morning Star News.

"The King's Calendar" [ on sale - while the economic recession is on], is a chronological study of the historical books of the Bible (Kings and Chronicles), Josephus, Seder Olam Rabbah, and the (Essene) Damascus Document of The Dead Sea Scrolls. See Chapter Precis page.

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