Jephthah is giving a history lesson to the Ammonites, how for 300 years they have held this land. Whatever the case, we have three key Scriptures that give us some clue as to the timing of some of these events. Third, we do not know how long it took after the death of Joshua, or some of the judges, for the Israelites to fall into oppression. Second, we do not know how long the Israelites remained faithful after Joshua died. Given these clues, we can surmise that Joshua’s rule was about 40 to 50 years. We can surmise from certain clues in Scripture that he was a young man when he first began serving Moses, and that he was over 20 when the exodus began. First, we do not know when Joshua was born, so we do not know how long his rule was. This is perhaps the hardest era in Israelite history to gauge time for.
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