Israel in bondage to Cushan
EpochBondage2,593–2,601 AH8 years
Participants
Dating
- Start — Judges 3:8. The year Cushan-rishathaim's oppression began is the year his oppression ended (2601) - the years his oppression lasted (8) = 2593
- End — Judges 3:9. The year Cushan-rishathaim's oppression ended is the year Othniel began to judge = 2601
Notes
START:[Ussher date p52] END:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Othniel began to judge is the end of Cushan-rishathaim's 8-year period of oppression. [Ussher date p53]
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.