Samuel judges

• Samuel (son of Elkanah and Hannah)

• Start — 1 Samuel 7:6. The year Samuel (son of Elkanah and Hannah) began to judge is the year his time as judge ended (2949) - the 32 years he judged = 2917
• End — 1 Samuel 25:1. The year Samuel (son of Elkanah and Hannah) ceased to judge Israel is 2 years* before Saul died (2951 - 2) = 2949

START:*EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCE: Josephus records that Samuel judged for THIRTY-TWO YEARS. Since Saul's reign took up twelve of those thirty-two years, then Samuel's time as a judge before the reign of Saul would have taken up the remaining twenty. Samuel's remaining time as judge would have overlapped Saul's time as king for ten of Saul's twelve-year reign. [Shulman date p83] END:*EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCE: Josephus records that Samuel judged for THIRTY-TWO YEARS. Since Saul's reign took up twelve of those thirty-two years, then Samuel's time as a judge before the reign of Saul would have taken up the remaining twenty. Samuel's remaining time as judge would have overlapped Saul's time as king for ten of Saul's twelve-year reign. [Shulman date p83]

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.