Timeline of the Bible · The Wilderness & the Judges
Abimelech
Judge · 1236–1233 BC
What the Bible Says
- “When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel” Judges 9:22
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 1236 BC
- “So soon as Gedeon was dead, the Israelites falling back to Idolatrie”
- Ended 1233 BC
- “When Abimelech had now reigned over the Israelites three years, Gaal”
Gideon’s son by his concubine, who slew his brethren and was made king at Shechem (Judges 9:5-6). He is not called a judge.
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.
