Jephthah judges

• Jephthah

• Start — Judges 11:11. The year Jephthah began to rule is the year Jair (a Gileadite who judged Israel for twenty-two…)'s time as judge ended = 2875
• End — Judges 12:7. The year Jephthah ceased to judge Israel is the year he began to judge (2855) + the years he judged (6) = 2861

START:The Ammonite oppression is still ongoing when Jephthah began to judge (see JDG 11:12). *HYPOTHESIS: The year Jephthah began to judge is the year Jair'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.