This is some background for Abraham, My Friend_18.The years of servitude in Judges.Judges 3:8 - Cushan, King of Mesopotamia, 8 yearsJudges 3:14- Eglon, King of Moab, 18 yearsJudges 4:2 - Jabin, King of Canaan, 20 yearsJudges 6:1 - Midianites, 7 yearsJudges 9:22 - Abimelech's usurpation, 3 yearsJudges 10:8 - Ammonites and Philistine, 18 yearsJudges 13:1 - Philistines, 40 yearstotal: 114 yearsYears of rest in JudgesJudges 3:11, Othniel, 40 yearsJudges 3:30, Ehud, 80 yearsJudges 3:30, included under Jabin above, Judges 5:31, Barak (Deborah), 40 yearsJudges 8:28, Gideon, 40 yearsJudges 10:2, Tola, 23 yearsJudges 10:3, Jair, 22 yearsJudges 12:7, Jephthae, 6 yearsJudges 12:9, Ibzan, 7 yearsJudges 12:11, Elon, 10 yearsJudges 12:14, Abdon, 8 yearsJudges 15:20, Samson's years included in Philistine oppression.1Sam 4:18, Eli, 40 years1Sam 7:2, Samuel, 20total 336 years.Together the period of the Judges was 450 years.1Kings 6:1Deut 1:3, Acts 13:18, Exodus to Canaan, 40 yearsJosh 14:7-10, Conquest of Canaan, 6 yearsJudges 11:26, partition of Canaan, 14 yearsActs 13:20, Period of Judges, 450 yearsActs 13:21, Reign of Saul, 40 years2Sam 5:4, Reign of David, 40 years1Kings 6:1, 4th year of Solomon, 4 years.total 594 years, but 'heaven' reckoned it as 480, 1Kings 6:1. This gives a discrepancy of 114 years which is the total number of years that Israel spent outside the will of God and so are 'uncounted'.
