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Judges and Their Rule
Oppressor | Judge | Years of Oppression/Rest* | Reference |
Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia (also called Aram Naharaim) | Othniel | 8 years oppression/40 years rest | |
Eglon, king of Moab | Ehud | 18 years oppression/80 years rest | |
Philistines | Shamgar | — | |
Jabin, king of Canaan | Deborah | 20 years oppression/40 years rest | |
Midianites | Gideon | 7 years oppression/ 40 years rest | |
Abimelech | Tola | 3 years oppression/23 years rest | |
— | Jair | 22 years rest | |
Philistines, Ammonites | Jephthah | 18 years oppression/6 years rest | |
— | Ibzan | 7 years rest | |
— | Elon | 10 years rest | |
— | Abdon | 8 years rest | |
Philistines | Samson | 40 years oppression/20 years rest | |
— | Eli | 40 years rest | |
— | Samuel | — |
*”Years rest” includes the entire amount of time that a judge served, though the phrase “and the land rested” only occurs with Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, and Gideon.
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