TABLE 8. From the Exodus to David and Solomon: Three Versions
Time Period			251-yr. System				479-yr. Rabbinic System			590-yr. System
PRIOR TO THE OPPRESSIONS
Exodus & Wilderness		40			Joshua 13:29			40			40
Joshua rules		25						25			25
Elders rule		18						18			18
TOTALS for the era		83						83			83
OPPRESSIONS
Cushan		8						0			8
Moabites		18						0			18
Jabin		20						0			20
Midianites		7						0			7
Ammonites		18						0			18
Philistines		40						0			40
TOTALS for oppressions		111						00			111
JUDGES
Othniel		0						40			40
Ehud		0						80			80
Shamgar		0						0			0
Deborah		0						40			40
Gideon		0						40			40
Abimelech		0						3			3
Tola		0			(Judges 11:26)			45			23
Jair		0			291 yrs. after Joshua						22
Jephthah		0			148 yrs. before the temple			31			6
Ibsan		0			439 yrs. from Joshua to the temple						7
Elon		0			(441 yrs. to a sabbatical)						10
Abdon		0									8
Samson		0						20			20	111
Eli		0						40			40	339
TOTALS for Era of Judges		00						339			339	450		Acts 13:20
KINGS
Ark stolen by Philistines 20 years
Samuel alone and fighting Philistines					10	I Sam. 7:2		10			10
Samuel alone, peace with Philistines						I Sam. 7:13; 8:1			Acts 13:12
Saul wars with Philistines					2	I Sam. 14:52		2			2
David contemporary with Saul					6	II Sam. 2:10,11		6			6
David contemporary with Ishbosheth					2	II Sam. 4:8; 5:3-6		2			2
TOTALS for Era of Kings				20				20	II Sam. 6:2-3		20
Jerusalem 37 yrs.
David in Jerusalem				33		I Chron. 11:3-4		33	I Sam. 7:2		33	339	111
Solomon until temple is founded				4				4			4	140	140
												479	251
TOTALS for Era of Jerusalem				251				479			590

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Note: Josephus allows 37 more years for Samuel down to David’s 7th year. The rabbinical view allows only 20 years during which the Ark was stolen and resided at the house of Abinadab until David removed it to Jerusalem. This likely explains why Ussher dated the dedication 43 years earlier, in 1004 BC instead of 961 BC. TABLE 8 makes it obvious that Acts 13:20-21 is repeating the Greek Classical view from the Greek Septuagint text… that the judges lasted 450 years (111 + 339), and, after that, Saul ruled 40 years. In contrast, I Kings 6:1 says there were 479 years from the exodus to the temple. Since the judges ruled in different areas of Israel, they could have overlapped 52 years instead of always being consecutive. Therefore, all three views of the period of the judges could be incorrect. Therefore, the temple could have been 427, instead of 479 years, after the exodus.
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