Timeline of the Bible · The Wilderness & the Judges
Eglon of Moab Oppresses Israel
Oppression · 1343–1325 BC
What the Bible Says
- “the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years” Judges 3:14
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 1343 BC
- “After the decease of Othoniel, the Israelites”
- Ended 1325 BC
- “Then Ehud, the son of Gera”
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.
