| The Period of the Judges | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1360-1084 B.C. | Israel's cycle of rebellion and deliverance. | Judg 2:11-3:6 |
| c. 1360 B.C. | the rape and murder of a Levite's concubine in Bethlehem leads to civil war between Benjamin and the other tribes; the male population of Benjamin is decimated. | Judg 19:1-21:25 |
| 1358-1350 B.C. | Mesopotamia dominates Israel. | Judg 3:7-8 |
| 1350-1310 B.C. | Othniel delivers and judges Israel. | Judg 3:9-11 |
| 1300-1282 B.C. | Ammon, Amalek, and Moab dominate Israel. | Judg. 3:12-14 |
| 1282 B.C. | Ehud assassinates the king of Moab. | Judg 3:15-29 |
| 1282-1202 B.C. | east-central Israel has peace for 80 years. | Judg. 3:30 |
| 1250? B.C. | the trials of Job, possibly in Edom. | Job 1:1-42:15 |
| 1250-1230 B.C. | Canaanites oppress most of Israel. | Judg 4:1-3 |
| c. 1240 B.C. | Shamgar rescues Israel from the Philistines. | Judg 3:31 |
| c. 1230 B.C. | Deborah and Barak fight the Canaanites; enemy general Sisera is killed by Jael. | Judg 4:4-5:31 |
| 1202 B.C. | the birth of Eli. | 1 Sam. 4:15 |
| c. 1230-1190 B.C. | Deborah and Barak judge Israel in peace. | Judg. 5:31 |
| c. 1200 B.C. | the birth of Boaz. | 1 Chr. 2:11 |
| c. 1187-1180 B.C. | Midianites repeatedly raid Israel. | Judg 6:1-10 |
| c. 1180 B.C. | God raises up the unlikely, faithless Gideon to deliver Israel. | Judg. 6:11-8:21 |
| c. 1180-1140 B.C | Gideon allows Israel to fall into idolatry. | Judg 8:22-29 |
| c. 1160 B.C. | Elimelech and his wife Naomi migrate from Bethlehem to Moab during a famine; Elimelech dies there, and his sons take Moabite wives. | Ruth 1:1-4 |
| c. 1150 B.C. | the birth of Gideon's son Abimelech. | Judg 8:30-31 |
| c. 1150 B.C. | Elimelech's sons die, and his daughter-in-law Ruth follows Naomi back to Bethlehem. Boaz marries Ruth to support the family, and Obed is born. | Ruth 1:5-4:22 |
| 1144-1104 B.C. | the judgeship of Eli. | 1 Sam 4:18 |
| 1124-1106 B.C. | Israel serves Ammon and Philistia. | Judg 10:6-9; 13:1 |
| 1124-1123 B.C. | the annunciation and birth of Samson. | Judg 13:2-25 |
| 1121 B.C. | the birth of Samuel. | 1 Sam 1:1-23 |
| 1120-1117 B.C. | the death of Gideon and the brief reign of Abimelech. | Judg 8:32-9:57 |
| c. 1118 B.C. | Samuel taken to the temple. | 1 Sam 1:24-2:11 |
| 1117-1094 B.C. | the judgeship of Tola in Ephraim. | Judg 10:1-2 |
| 1115-1077 B.C. | Tiglath-Pileser I reigns in Assyria. | |
| c. 1115 B.C. | the sin of Eli's sons. | 1 Sam 2:12-36 |
| c. 1114 B.C. | the call of Samuel. | 1 Sam 3:1-21 |
| 1106 B.C. | upon Israel's repentance, God stirs Jephthah to save them from the Ammonites. | Judg 10:6-11:40 |
| 1106-1084 B.C. | Israel continues to serve the Philistines. | Judg 13:1 |
| 1106-1100 B.C. | Jephthah leads civil war between Ephraim and Gilead, and judges for six years. | Judg 12:1-7 |
| 1104 B.C. | the Philistines temporarily capture the ark; the death of Eli. | 1 Sam 4:1-7:1 |
| 1104-1051 B.C. | 19-year-old Samuel holds supreme judgeship over Israel. | 1 Sam 7:15-17 |
| 1104-1084 B.C. | the judgeship of Samson in Dan; the ark rests at Kiriath-jearim. | Judg 14:20; 1 Sam 7:2 |
| 1100-1093 B.C. | the judgeship of Ibzan in Judah. | Judg 12:8-9 |
| c. 1097 B.C. | the birth of David's father Jesse. | |
| 1097-1072 B.C. | the judgeship of Jair in Gilead. | Judg 10:3-5 |
| c. 1095 B.C. | the sins and strength of Samson | Judg 14:1-15:19 |
| 1093-1083 B.C. | the judgeship of Elon in northern Israel. | Judg. 12:10-11 |
| 1091 B.C. | the birth of Saul. | 1 Chr 9:35-44 |
| 1086 B.C. | the Philistines capture Samson. | Judg 16:1-22 |
| 1084 B.C. | Israel's repentance prompts God to deliver Israel through Samson and Samuel. | Judg 16:23-31; 1 Sam 7:3-14 |
| 1083-1075 B.C. | the judgeship of Abdon in northern Israel. | Judg. 12:12-15 |
| c. 1076 B.C. | Israel stops observing its sabbatical years; the number of sabbaticals they miss will later determine the length of the Babylonian exile. | Jer. 36:20-21 |
| c. 1071 B.C. | the birth of Saul's son Jonathan. | |
| 1057 B.C. | the birth of Barzillai. | |
| Before Abraham | The Patriarchs | Exodus and Conquest | The Judges | United Monarchy |
| Divided Kingdom I | Divided Kingdom II | The Kingdom of Judah | The Exile and Return | The New Testament |
For a concise statement of my beliefs about history, see my Declaration of Faith.
