How Long Did King Ehud Judge Israel?
This article deals with two issues: • How long did Ehud judge Ancient Israel • How long did the Period of the Judges Last The simple answer to the question of how long Ehud judged Israel is to be found in the Book of Judges Chapter 3 verse 30. The answer is ’80 years’. Unfortunately this figure is conspicuously incorrect, if only because the total figures provided in the book of Judges for the Period of the Judges, is excessive of the time frame provided in 1 Kings 6:1, for both the Period of the Judges and the Monarchy of Israel to the 4th year of King Solomon. 1 Kings 6:1 can be made to read that 440 or 480 years transpired between the time that the Israelites under Joshua entered Canaan, and the 4th year of Solomon when the Temple was commenced. According to the Bible – Principally the Book of Judges, 450 years transpired during the Period of the Judges. However, it must be borne in mind that there is no record in the Bible of the amount of time that Joshua or Samuel judged Israel,
