Testimonia

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But having\r\nafterwards besought the Lord, they receive for leader Gothoniel,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_996\" id=\"FNanchor_996\">[996]</a>\r\nthe younger brother of Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, who, having\r\nslain the king of Mesopotamia, ruled over the people forty years in\r\nsuccession. And having again sinned, they were delivered into the\r\nhands of Æglom<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_997\" id=\"FNanchor_997\">[997]</a> king of the Moabites for eighteen years. But on\r\ntheir repentance, Aod,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_998\" id=\"FNanchor_998\">[998]</a> a man who had equal use of both hands,\r\nof the tribe<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_426\">[426]</span> of Ephraim, was their leader for eighty years. It was\r\nhe that despatched Æglom. On the death of Aod, and on their sinning\r\nagain, they were delivered into the hand of Jabim<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_999\" id=\"FNanchor_999\">[999]</a> king of Canaan\r\ntwenty years. After him Deborah the wife of Lapidoth, of the tribe of\r\nEphraim, prophesied; and Ozias the son of Rhiesu was high priest. At\r\nher instance Barak the son of Bener,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1000\" id=\"FNanchor_1000\">[1000]</a> of the tribe of Naphtali,\r\ncommanding the army, having joined battle with Sisera, Jabim’s\r\ncommander-in-chief, conquered him. And after that Deborah ruled,\r\njudging the people forty years. On her death, the people having again\r\nsinned, were delivered into the hands of the Midianites seven years.\r\nAfter these events, Gideon, of the tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joas,\r\nhaving fought with his three hundred men, and killed a hundred and\r\ntwenty thousand, ruled forty years; after whom the son of Ahimelech,\r\nthree years. He was succeeded by Boleas, the son of Bedan, the son\r\nof Charran,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1001\" id=\"FNanchor_1001\">[1001]</a> of the tribe of Ephraim, who ruled twenty-three\r\nyears. After whom, the people having sinned again, were delivered to\r\nthe Ammonites eighteen years; and on their repentance were commanded\r\nby Jephtha the Gileadite, of the tribe of Manasseh; and he ruled six\r\nyears. After whom, Abatthan<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1002\" id=\"FNanchor_1002\">[1002]</a> of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Juda,\r\nruled seven years. Then Ebron<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1003\" id=\"FNanchor_1003\">[1003]</a> the Zebulonite, eight years. Then\r\nEglom of Ephraim, eight years. Some add to the seven years of Abatthan\r\nthe eight of Ebrom.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1004\" id=\"FNanchor_1004\">[1004]</a> And after him, the people having again\r\ntransgressed, came under the power of the foreigners, the Philistines,\r\nfor forty years. But on their returning [to God], they were led by\r\nSamson, of the tribe of Dan, who conquered the foreigners in battle.\r\nHe ruled twenty years. And after him, there being no governor, Eli the\r\npriest judged the people for forty years. He was succeeded by Samuel\r\nthe<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_427\">[427]</span> prophet; contemporaneously with whom Saul reigned, who held sway\r\nfor twenty-seven years. He anointed David. Samuel died two years before\r\nSaul, while Abimelech was high priest. He anointed Saul as king, who\r\nwas the first that bore regal sway over Israel after the judges; the\r\nwhole duration of whom, down to Saul, was four hundred and sixty-three\r\nyears and seven months.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE MISCELLANIES.","BOOK I.","CHAPTER XXI. 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