Israel in bondage to Eglon
EpochBondage2,641–2,659 AH18 years
Participants
Dating
- Start — Judges 3:14. The year Eglon's oppression of Israel began is the year Othniel died = 2641
- End — Judges 3:14. The year Eglon's oppression ended is the year he began to oppress Israel (2641) + the years of his oppression (18) = 2659
Notes
START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Eglon's oppression began is the year Othniel died. [Ussher date p53] END:[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.