1240s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	14th century BC – 13th century BC – 12th century BC
Decades:	1270s BC 1260s BC 1250s BC – 1240s BC – 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC
Years:	1249 BC 1248 BC 1247 BC 1246 BC 1245 BC 1244 BC 1243 BC 1242 BC 1241 BC 1240 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

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Deborah, Judge of Israel, accompanies Barak on a military campaign in Qedesh, according to Judges 4:6–10.^[1]
Jael assassinates Sisera, a retreating general who was the enemy of the Israelites, according to Judges 5:23–27.

^ Toffteen, Olaf (1907). Ancient Chronology, Part I. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 279.

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	14th century BC – 13th century BC – 12th century BC
Decades:	1270s BC 1260s BC 1250s BC – 1240s BC – 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC
Years:	1249 BC 1248 BC 1247 BC 1246 BC 1245 BC 1244 BC 1243 BC 1242 BC 1241 BC 1240 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments