Abdon's 8 Years Ended; Philistines Began Their First 20

Q: WHAT YEAR DID ABDON CEASE TO BE JUDGE OF ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1159 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2888 AM.
RELATED VERSES
Judges 12:14 – He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.
Judges 13:1 New King James Version (NKJV)

Philistines First 20-Year Rule Ended; Eli's 40 Years Began (Age 58)

Q: WHAT YEAR DID THE PHILISTINES CEASE RULE OVER ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1139 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2908 AM.
RELATED VERSES
Judges 13:1 – Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

Eli's 40 Years Ended; Philistine's Began 2nd 20 Years

Q: WHAT YEAR DID ELI CEASE TO BE JUDGE OF ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1099 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2948 AM.
RELATED VERSES
1 Samuel 4:18 – And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Philistines 2nd 20-Year Rule Ended; Samuel Began 40 Years—Acts 13:20

Q: WHAT YEAR DID SAMUEL BECOME JUDGE OF ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1079 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2968 AM.
Acts 13:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
20 “After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

Samuel's 40 Year Reign Ended; Saul Began 40 Year Reign—Acts 13:21

Q: WHAT YEAR DID SAMUEL CEASE TO BE JUDGE OF ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1039 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 3008 AM.
Acts 13:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
21 And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

David Age 30 Begins 40-Year Reign—II Samuel 5:4

Q: WHAT YEAR DID DAVID BEGIN HIS 40-YEAR RULE OVER ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 999 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 3048 AM.
RELATED VERSES
1 Kings 2:11 – The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
2 Samuel 5:4 - David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

David's 40-Year Reign Ends; Solomon's 40-Year Reign Begins—I Kings 2:11

Q: WHAT YEAR DID DAVID END HIS 40-YEAR RULE OVER ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 959 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 3088 AM.
RELATED VERSES
1 Kings 2:11 – The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

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