Timeline of the Bible · The Wilderness & the Judges
Elon
Judge · 1175–1165 BC
What the Bible Says
- “he judged Israel ten years” Judges 12:11
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 1175 BC
- “Ibzan deceasing and being buried at Bethlehem, Elon the Zabulonite succeded him”
- Ended 1165 BC
- “Elon being dead, and buried at Ajalon in the tribe of Zabulon”
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.
