Gideon judges

• Gideon

• Start — Judges 8:28. The year Gideon began to judge is the year Midian's oppression began (2799) + 2 years = 2801
• End — Judges 8:28. The year Gideon ceased to judge Israel is the year he began to judge (2801) + the years he judged (40) = 2841

START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Gideon began to judge is the second year of Midian's oppression. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p54] END:*HYPOTHESIS: Gideon judged Israel throughout the 40-year period the land was undisturbed. [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.