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Death of Joshua and the") 



elders, and commence- 



. f .1 £ , r 500 24 years after. 



ment or the first oppres- j •' 



Conquest of Chusan, 508 — — 8 years after. 



End of first repose, by con- 1 



quest of Eglon, j ^^^ ^^ y^^'' ^^'er. 



End of second repose, by 7 



^ f T u- > 628 80 years after. 



conquest of Jabm, ... .3 -^ 



End of third repose by con-7 ^„„ 



4. e.u AT- J- V f 6^8 40 years after. 



quest of the Midianites... 3 



End of Gideon, 7O8 40 years after. 



End of Jepthah, 762 54 years after. 



End of Abdon, 787 25 years after. 



End of Samson and Eli, . . . 82? 40 years after. 



End of Samuel and Saul, . . . 867 40 years after. 



End of David, 907 40 years after. 



Foundation of the temple, ... 910 3 years complete af- 

 terwards. 



These several epochs may be adjusted either to the He- 

 brew or Septuagint supputation of the years elapsed since 

 the creation. 



From this it is evident, that David, being in his seventy- 

 first year at his death, (1 K.2. v. 11.) his birth coincides with 

 the 836 year, from the promise to Abraham, and 406, from 

 the exod. Now, we learn from many places of Scripture, 



(Luke, 



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