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Abdon the Pirathonite Judges Israel (8 years)

Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite, with forty sons and thirty nephews on seventy ass colts, judges Israel eight years (Judg 12:13–15).

Sort year1129/1121 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)

Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1129 BC (no higher-tier year available). Jordan (secondary display) never sets the sort.

Description

Judges-period record added from James B. Jordan's chronology (secondary display) with Ussher, Jones and, where available, CFAH-1 Table 1 dates for sorting. Jordan treats the judgeships as partly overlapping regional sequences (North / Centre / South) fitted to the 480 years of 1 Kgs 6:1 and the 300 years of Judg 11:26.

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Chronologies

Dates for Abdon the Pirathonite Judges Israel (8 years), CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones ABDON "8 YRS", 1129 BC to 1121 BC
Precision: year
 1129/1121 BC Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), timeline band
Jones, 15th ed. (2002), ch. V p. 85: "This secured the final year of Abdon at BC 1121".
Sets sort year
Ussher 2840a AM, 1165 BC (Elon dies; Abdon judges 8 years)
Precision: year
 1165 BC
AM 2840		 Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §377 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription)
§378 (2848a AM, 1157 BC): Abdon dies; Eli judges.
Differs from sort year by 36 yrs
Jordan secondary "2901 - Death of Elon, beginning of Abdon's 8-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:14)."
Precision: year
 AM 2901–2909 Jordan, From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2, Biblical Horizons, Oct. 2001), ch. 11 "The Era of the Judges and the Reign of Saul", p. 52
2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry. "2909 - Death of Abdon; Samuel appoints sons, rejected; anointing of Saul". p. 45: "If we assume Saul became king the year after Abdon's judgeship ended ... we have 40 years for Saul's reign."
Jordan secondary "2876 - Death of Elon, beginning of Abdon's 8-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:14)."
Precision: year
 AM 2876–2884 Jordan, "Chronology and Kings (II)," Biblical Chronology 3:8 (August 1991), section "The Judges", summary list
1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg 11:26 when Ammon took the villages, AM 2860, not at Jephthah's victory). "2884 - End of the line of judges in the Center and North."
Jordan (compilation) secondary 2901 AM 15th Judge: Abdon: 8 yrs (12:14)
Precision: year
 AM 2901 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 8, chart "Year of the World: From the Judges to King Saul (Chronology from James Jordan)"
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2901.
Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) 8 years
Precision: unknown
 — Judg 12:14

Disagreements & open questions

  • Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1165 BC (Ussher); 1129 BC (Ussher-Jones).
  • Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2840 (Ussher); AM 2876 (Jordan); AM 2901 (Jordan, Jordan (compilation)).

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