Abimelech rules

• Abimelech (son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in…)

• Start — Judges 9:22. The year Abimelech (son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in…) began to rule is the year Gideon's time as judge ended = 2841
• End — Judges 9:22. The year Abimelech (son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in…)'s rule ended is the year he began to rule (2841) + the years he ruled (3) = 2844

START:*HYPOTHESIS: Abimelech's treachery that brought about his rule occurred at the end of Gideon's 40-year period of peace upon Gideon's death and the search for a successor. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p54] END:[Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p54]

Years are anno hominis — counted from Creation as year 1 — which is the frame the source computes in. The arithmetic behind each boundary is given above rather than assumed.