Ancient History Timeline

Event

Othniel Delivers Israel and Judges (40 years)

Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, defeats Cushan-rishathaim; "the land had rest forty years" (Judg 3:9–11).

Sort year1418/1378 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)

Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1418 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 Othniel Delivers Israel and Judges (40 years), CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones OTHNIEL "40 YRS": 1418 BC (2586 AM) to 1378 BC (2626 AM); Cushan's 8 years (1418–1410 BC) fall inside the 40
Precision: year
 1418/1378 BC
AM 2586		 Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), timeline band
Jones counts the land's 40 years from the start of the oppression ("the periods of servitude must not be added to the time in which the land is said to enjoy rest but, rather, subtracted from it", 2002 ed. p. 91).
Sets sort year
Ussher 2599d AM, 1405 BC (Othniel defeats Cushan; land at rest 40 years)
Precision: year
 1405 BC
AM 2599		 Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §342 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription)
Differs from sort year by 13 yrs
Jordan secondary "2628 - Beginning of Othniel's 40-year judgeship (Jud. 3:11)."
Precision: year
 AM 2628–2668 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. 51
2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry.
Jordan secondary "2602 - Defeat of Cushan, beginning of Othniel's 40-year judgeship (Jud. 3:11)."
Precision: year
 AM 2602–2642 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1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg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).
Jordan (compilation) secondary 1st Judge (Othniel) arises 2628 1382 Jud. 3:11
Precision: year
 1382 BC
AM 2628		 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 11, chart table "Biblical History According To A.M & B.C. Dates"
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2628. The compilation's B.C. year (1382) is AM subtracted from 4010 (its own convention: Creation 4010 B.C.); Jordan's own SBC B.C. figures differ. Display only; never converted or used for sorting.
Differs from sort year by 36 yrs
Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) "the land had rest forty years"
Precision: unknown
 — Judg 3:11

Disagreements & open questions

  • Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1418 BC (Ussher-Jones); 1405 BC (Ussher); 1382 BC (Jordan (compilation)).
  • Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2586 (Ussher-Jones); AM 2599 (Ussher); AM 2602 (Jordan); AM 2628 (Jordan, Jordan (compilation)).
  • Open question Judges (1985), pp. 55–56: "Othniel probably died long before these forty years were up" - Jordan does not take the 40 years as the length of Othniel's life or office.

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