Samson judges

• Samson

• Start — Judges 12:13. The year Samson began to judge is the year Abdon (son of Hillel who judged Israel for eight…)'s time as judge ended = 2886
• End — Judges 12:14. The year Samson ceased to judge Israel is the year he began to judge (2886) + the years he judged (20) = 2906

START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Samson began to judge is the year Abdon's time as judge ended. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p56] END:[Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p57] - 385a

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.