This is some background for Abraham, My Friend_18.

The years of servitude in Judges.
Judges 3:8 - Cushan, King of Mesopotamia, 8 years
Judges 3:14- Eglon, King of Moab, 18 years
Judges 4:2 - Jabin, King of Canaan, 20 years
Judges 6:1 - Midianites, 7 years
Judges 9:22 - Abimelech's usurpation, 3 years
Judges 10:8 - Ammonites and Philistine, 18 years
Judges 13:1 - Philistines, 40 years

total: 114 years

Years of rest in Judges
Judges 3:11, Othniel, 40 years
Judges 3:30, Ehud, 80 years
Judges 3:30, included under Jabin above,
Judges 5:31, Barak (Deborah), 40 years
Judges 8:28, Gideon, 40 years
Judges 10:2, Tola, 23 years
Judges 10:3, Jair, 22 years
Judges 12:7, Jephthae, 6 years
Judges 12:9, Ibzan, 7 years
Judges 12:11, Elon, 10 years
Judges 12:14, Abdon, 8 years
Judges 15:20, Samson's years included in Philistine oppression.
1Sam 4:18, Eli, 40 years
1Sam 7:2, Samuel, 20

total 336 years.

Together the period of the Judges was 450 years.

1Kings 6:1
Deut 1:3, Acts 13:18, Exodus to Canaan, 40 years
Josh 14:7-10, Conquest of Canaan, 6 years
Judges 11:26, partition of Canaan, 14 years
Acts 13:20, Period of Judges, 450 years
Acts 13:21, Reign of Saul, 40 years
2Sam 5:4, Reign of David, 40 years
1Kings 6:1, 4th year of Solomon, 4 years.

total 594 years, but 'heaven' reckoned it as 480, 1Kings 6:1. This gives a discrepancy of 114 years which is the total number of years that Israel spent outside the will of God and so are 'uncounted'.

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Ron Bailey