How long did the Canaanites oppress Israel?

im not sure cuz in judges 10:8 it says this King James Bible

And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

and then in judges 13:1 it says King James Bible

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

hope i could help though im pretty sure its the first one:}

AnswerDifferent authorities reach different answers depending on their interpretation of whether all or just a particular part of Israel was under oppression at that time, and the dating of those events. Some authorities have a guesstimate, while others just don't know. Others such as Jordan [see Example 1 following] have actually dated all Judges and all periods of oppression for the entire period of the Book of Judges.

Example 1:

Jordan [see link] breaks down this entire period into and has 96 years of oppression out of a total of 350 years [2910 - 2560 = 350].

"So to sum up, here is my conclusion of the matter:

2513 - Exodus from Egypt.

2554 - Beginning of Conquest of the land.

2559 - End of Conquest, Division of the land. Caleb 85 years old.

2560 - Israel goes to its lands.

2620 - Beginning of 8-year oppression of Cushan (Jud. 3:8).

2628 - Beginning of Othniel's 40-year judgeship (Jud. 3:11).

2668 - Beginning of Eglon's 18-year oppression (Jud. 3:11-12)

2686 - Beginning of Ehud's 20-year judgeship and his 80-year peace.

2706 - Death of Ehud, beginning of Jabin's 20-year

oppression in the North (Jud. 4:3).

2726 - Beginning of Barak's 40-year judgeship and peace

in the North (Jud. 5:31).

2766 - End of Barak's Northern peace and Ehud's Central peace,

beginning of Midianite oppression (Jud. 6:1). The Midianite oppression

returns us to the Center of the land. From here on, Center and North

experience one set of problems, while South struggles with

Philistines (Jud. 3:31).

2773 - Beginning of Gideon's 40-year judgeship (Jud. 8:28).

2811 - Hypothetical birth of Boaz (see footnote 6 below).

2813 - Beginning of Abimelech's 3-year oppressive reign (Jud. 9:22).

2816 - Beginning of Tola's 23-year judgeship (Jud. 10:1).

2839 - Beginning of Jair's 22-year judgeship (Jud. 10:3).

2841 - Beginning of Eli's 40-year judgeship in the South (1 Sam. 4:18).

2861 - Beginning of Philistine oppression in the South and

Ammonite oppression in the Center and North (Jud. 10:5-7).

Births of Samson, Samuel, and Obed (see footnote 6 below).

The 300 years of Judges 11:26 begin in 2560 and end in 2860.

2878 - Beginning of Jephthah's 6-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:26; 12:7).

2881 - Death of Eli, beginning of Samuel's judgeship at Tabernacle

and Samson's judgeship in the South.

2884 - Beginning of Ibzan's 7-year judgeship in the Center and North (Jud. 11:9).

2891 - Beginning of Elon's 10-year judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:11).

2901 - Death of Samson, battle of Mizpah, deliverance from Philistine oppression.

2901 - Death of Elon, beginning of Abdon's 8-year

judgeship in Center and North (Jud. 11:14).

2909 - Death of Abdon; Samuel appoints sons, rejected; anointing

of Saul; accession of Saul.

2910 - Saul year 1. Samuel is 49.

2919 - Birth of David. Samuel is 58.

2929 - Hypothetical anointing of David at age 10. Samuel is 68.

2949 - Accession of David.

2950 - David year 1.

2989 - Accession of Solomon.

2990 - Solomon year 1.

2993 - Foundation of Temple laid, 480 years after Exodus.

3000 - Completion of Temple."

[end of quote]

(My Note on above Example: the years shown above are "AM" , or years after creation. For correlation and comparison, this means The date of Creation is "0" [that is, zero] AM which is the same as 4004BC (Ussher), and the Exodus at 2513AM is the sane as 146BC [Ussher]

Example 2:

RP BenDeket has 116 years oppression,

[see http://www.kingscalendar.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=164]

Example 3:

Heath [see link] has 111 years oppression.

Conclusion:

As this period of oppression averages out at 108 years, if you said it was 110 or 111 years you couldn't be far wrong. [At least '111' is easy to remember]