Event
Ibzan of Bethlehem Judges Israel (7 years)
Ibzan of Bethlehem, who had thirty sons and thirty daughters, judges Israel seven years (Judg 12:8–10).
Sort year1146/1139 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1146 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 | IBZAN "7 YRS", 1146 BC to 1139 BC Precision: year |
1146/1139 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) Jones, 15th ed. (2002), ch. V p. 85: "1146 – 7 – 10 – 8 = 1121 BC" (Ibzan, Elon, Abdon). Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2823d AM, 1181 BC (Jephthah dies; Ibzan judges 7 years) Precision: year |
1181 BC AM 2823 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §373 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Differs from sort year by 35 yrs |
| Jordan secondary | "2884 - Beginning of Ibzan's 7-year judgeship in the Center and North (Jud. 11:9)." Precision: year |
AM 2884–2891 | 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. Reference "Jud. 11:9" as printed (Ibzan is Judg 12:8-10). |
| Jordan secondary | "2859 - Death of Jephthah, beginning of Ibzan's 7-year judgeship in the Center and North (Jud. 11:9)." Precision: year |
AM 2859–2866 | 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(II)," Biblical Chronology 3:8 (August 1991), section "The Judges", summary list (opens in a new tab) 1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg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 | 2884 AM 13th Judge: Izban: 7 yrs (12:9) Precision: year |
AM 2884 | 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 2884. |
| Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) | 7 years Precision: unknown |
— | Judg 12:9 (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1181 BC (Ussher); 1146 BC (Ussher-Jones).
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2823 (Ussher); AM 2859 (Jordan); AM 2884 (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.12.8-Judg.12.10 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.