Israel in bondage to Midian
EpochBondage2,799–2,806 AH7 years
Dating
- Start — Judges 6:1. The year Midian's oppression of Israel began is the year Deborah (a prophetess and judge in Israel)'s time of peace ended = 2799
- End — Judges 6:1. The year Midian's oppression ended is the year they began to oppress Israel (2819) + the years of their oppression (7) = 2826
Notes
START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Midian's oppression began is the year Deborah's period of peace ended. [Ussher date p54] END:[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.