Timeline of the Bible · The Wilderness & the Judges
Abdon
Judge · 1165–1157 BC
What the Bible Says
- “he judged Israel eight years” Judges 12:14
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 1165 BC
- “Elon being dead, and buried at Ajalon in the tribe of Zabulon”
- Ended 1157 BC
- “Abdon deceased, and was buried at Pirathon in mount Ephraim”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
