Event
Elon the Zebulonite Judges Israel (10 years)
Elon the Zebulonite judges Israel ten years and is buried in Aijalon (Judg 12:11–12).
Sort year1139/1129 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1139 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.
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | ELON "10 YRS", 1139 BC to 1129 BC Precision: year |
1139/1129 BC | Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), timeline band (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2830a AM, 1175 BC (Ibzan dies; Elon judges) Precision: year |
1175 BC AM 2830 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §374 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Differs from sort year by 36 yrs |
| Jordan secondary | "2891 - Beginning of Elon's 10-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:11)." Precision: year |
AM 2891–2901 | 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 (opens in a new tab) 2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry. "2901 - Death of Elon, beginning of Abdon's 8-year judgeship". Reference "Jud. 11:11" as printed. |
| Jordan secondary | "2866 - Death of Ibzan, beginning of Elon's 10-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:11)." Precision: year |
AM 2866–2876 | Jordan, "Chronology and Kings (II)," Biblical Chronology 3:8 (August 1991), section "The Judges", summary list (opens in a new tab) 1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg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). |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2891 AM 14th Judge: Elon: 10 yrs (12:11) Precision: year |
AM 2891 | 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)" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2891. |
| Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) | 10 years Precision: unknown |
— | Judg 12:11 (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1175 BC (Ussher); 1139 BC (Ussher-Jones).
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2830 (Ussher); AM 2866 (Jordan); AM 2891 (Jordan, Jordan (compilation)).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
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Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Judg.12.11-Judg.12.12 public-domain
- Chart No. 4: Judges to the First 3 Kings (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Chronology and Kings (II) (Biblical Chronology 3:8, August 1991) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.