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===Dating Ramesses II===
===Dating Ramesses II===
Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty was known for his extensive building projects, including the site in the southern [[Nile]] delta region called the city of Raamses ([[Book of Exodues|Exodus]] 1:8-11), as well as being called the pharaoh of the Exodus, based on the text of Exodus 1:8-11 which tells of a new pharaoh "who knew not Joseph" forcing the Hebrews to build the store cities of Pithom and Raamses. In order for this identification to stand, the time frame of the Judges must be reduced by 200 years. Overlooked by scholars are:
Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty was known for his extensive building projects, including the site in the southern [[Nile]] delta region called the city of Raamses ([[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 1:8-11), as well as being called the pharaoh of the Exodus, based on the text of Exodus 1:8-11 which tells of a new pharaoh "who knew not Joseph" forcing the Hebrews to build the store cities of Pithom and Raamses. In order for this identification to stand, the time frame of the Judges must be reduced by 200 years. Overlooked by scholars are:
*Judges 11:26, which has Jephthah stating that the timespan from the first settlement in the Levant during the conquest of the Promised Land to his own time is 300 years.
*Judges 11:26, which has Jephthah stating that the timespan from the first settlement in the Levant during the conquest of the Promised Land to his own time is 300 years.
*I Kings 6:1, which is an explicit statement that the time from the Exodus to the commencement of the building of Temple under Solomon in 966 BC is 480 years, agreeing with the date in Judges.
*I Kings 6:1, which is an explicit statement that the time from the Exodus to the commencement of the building of Temple under Solomon in 966 BC is 480 years, agreeing with the date in Judges.