CHRONOLOGY OF THE JUDGES, ACCORDING TO SIR JOHN MARSHAM

Years after the Exodus. Joshua, twenty-five years, from 40 Anarchy and idolatry, thirty-four years, from 65 First servitude, eight years, from 99 Othniel. Forty years’ rest, from 107 Second servitude, fifteen years. 147 Ehud. 165 Third servitude of tribes in the northern parts of Canaan, twenty years. 185 Shamgar delivers Israel. 194 Deborah and Barak. 203 Rest of forty years, which continues to the two hundred and forty-third year of the exodus. Fourth servitude lasts seven years, from 243 Gideon delivers Israel. 253 Abimelech reigns three years at Shechem. 293 Tola judges Israel twenty-three years. Jair judges Israel twenty-two years. Fifth servitude, eighteen years. 340 Jephthah delivers Israel. 363 While the Ammonites oppressed Israel on the other side of Jordan, the Philistines afflicted those on this side of that river forty years. Not delivered till the time of Samuel. 383 During this interval, Ihzan judged Israel seven years; Elon ten; and Abdon eight years. Saul reigns forty years. 403 David reigns forty years, from 443 The above is abridged from Dr. Clark’s “Preface to the Book of Judges.”-See Com.