Scale
1” = 100 years

Oppressor

Judge / Deliverer

1405 BC

1364 BC

The Judges of Israel (Dates here are only suggestive; cf. Acts 13:20.)

1050 BC

The Judges (c. 1364 – c. 1050 BC)

Invasion of Canaan (c. 1405 BC)

Israel under Joshua & the elders (c. 1405-c. 1364 BC)

Oppressor 1: Chushan-rishathaim: 8 yr. (c. 1364 – c. 1356 BC)

Judge 1: Othniel: Rest, 40 yrs. (c. 1356 – c. 1316 BC)

Southern
& Eastern
Tribes

O2. Eglon of Moab: 18 yrs., c. 1316-c. 1298

J2. Ehud: Rest, 80 yrs., c. 1298-c. 1218

J3. Shamgar, after Ehud, c. ?

Northern
Tribes

O3. Jabin & Canaanites: 20 yrs., c. 1278-c. 1258

J4. Debo rah & Barak: Rest, 40 yrs., c. 1258-
c. 1218

O4. Midianites: 7 yrs., c. 1218-c. 1211

J5. Gideon: 40 yrs., c. 1211-c. 1171

Abimelech: 3 yrs., c. 1171-
c. 1168

O5. Ammonite & Philistine Oppression: 18 yrs. J6. Tola: 23 yrs., J7. Jair: 22 yrs., J8. Jephthah: 6 yrs., J9. Izban: 7 yrs., J10. Elon: 10 yrs., J11. Abdon: 8 yrs.

J6 -11, Spanning c. 94 yrs., c. 1168-c. 1074

Beginning of Philistine 40 yr. Oppression: c. 1119-c. 1079

J12. Samson: 20 yrs., c. 1101-c. 1081

Ark taken, c. 1099

Battle at Ebenezer, Philistines defeated, c. 1079

J14. Samuel as judge, c. 1079-c. 1050

Saul = 1st King,

c. 1050-c. 1011