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The Judges

Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Othniel
Judah
Mesopotamians
8 years (3:8)
40 years (3:11)
48 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Ehud
Benjamin
Moabites
18 years (3:14)
80 years (3:30)
98 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Shamgar
Philistines
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Deborah
chs. 4-5
Ephraim
Canaanites
20 years (4:3)
40 years (5:31)
60 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Gideon
chs. 6-8
Manasseh
Midianites
7 years (6:1)
40 years (8:28)
47 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Tola
Issachar
23 years (10:2)
23 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Jair
Gilead-Manasseh
22 years (10:3)
22 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Jephthah
Gilead-Manasseh
Ammonites
24 years (10:8; 12:7)
24 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Ibzan
Judah or Zebulun?
7 years (12:9)
7 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Elon
Zebulun
10 years (12:11)
10 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Abdon
Ephraim
8 years (12:14)
8 years
Judge
Reference
Tribe
Oppressor
Period of Oppression
Period of Rest
Total Length of Time*
Samson
chs. 13-16
Dan
Philistines
40 years (13:1)
20 years (15:20; 16:31)
60 years

*Added together, the dates in this column total about 410 years. However, many of the episodes in Judges overlap each other, unfolding in different parts of the land.

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