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Conquest and judges

Eglon of Moab oppresses Israel

1343–1325 BCUssher date

Judges 3:12–14

Eglon, king of Moab, with the Ammonites and Amalekites, took Jericho, the city of palms, and ruled Israel for 18 years.

After Othniel died, Israel again did evil, and God strengthened Moab against them.

Places

MoabAmmonJerichoAmalekCity of Palms

Dating notes

18 years (Judges 3:14). Ussher overlaps some oppressions and rest periods, counting each rest from the previous deliverance, so that the judges fit the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1.

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