1245 BC · Conquest and Judges

Gideon's three hundred rout Midian

After seven years of Midianite oppression, the LORD called Gideon, reduced his army to three hundred, and routed Midian with trumpets and torches (Judges 7:19-22). The Ussher record places this deliverance era at 1245 BC.

📖 Judges 6:1

1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

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Sources: Ussher, Annals of the World (dataset)
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