After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
"Unto this day"  (Judges 10:4).  This, as we believe would be a reference to the times of Samuel, the most likely author of Judges.  Yates referred to the date of the writing of Judges as being approximately, "During the 1050-1000 B.C. era."[5]  This would have been either in the reign of King Saul or in the early part of the reign of King David.