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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	Judg 3:7–11
Eglon, king of Moab	Ehud	18 years oppression/80 years rest	Judg 3:12–30
Philistines	Shamgar	—	Judg 3:31
Jabin, king of Canaan	Deborah	20 years oppression/40 years rest	Judg 4:1–5:31
Midianites	Gideon	7 years oppression/ 40 years rest	Judg 6:1–8:28
Abimelech	Tola	3 years oppression/23 years rest	Judg 10:1–2
—	Jair	22 years rest	Judg 10:3–5
Philistines, Ammonites	Jephthah	18 years oppression/6 years rest	Judg 10:7–12:7
—	Ibzan	7 years rest	Judg 12:8–10
—	Elon	10 years rest	Judg 12:11–12
—	Abdon	8 years rest	Judg 12:13–15
Philistines	Samson	40 years oppression/20 years rest	Judg 13:1–16:31
—	Eli	40 years rest	1 Sam 4:18
—	Samuel	—	1 Sam 7:15–17

*”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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