Ibzan judges
EpochJudge2,861–2,868 AH7 years
Participants
Dating
- Start — Judges 12:8. The year Ibzan began to judge is the year Jephthah's time as judge ended = 2861
- End — Judges 12:9. The year Ibzan ceased to judge Israel is the year he began to judge (2861) + the years he judged (7) = 2868
Notes
START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Ibzan began to judge is the year Jephthah's time as judge ended. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p55] END:[Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p55]
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.