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Simple overview of biblical history

September 3, 2021 by Krisan Marotta

A simple overview of biblical history - Bible Study tools | WednesdayintheWord.com

Whenever you study Scripture, it’s important to know where your particular passage fits into biblical history. As Karl Barth said: “The Bible is not a philosophical book, but a history book, the book of God’s mighty acts, in which God becomes knowable to us.” Here’s a simple overview of biblical history.

All dates are approximate (and many are debated), except for 4 dates which are reliably fixed in history:

  1. 772 BC – the northern kingdom conquered by Assyria
  2. 586 BC – the southern kingdom conquered by Babylon
  3. 538 BC – Cyrus ends the exile
  4. 70 AD – Rome conquers Jerusalem

The dating scheme below follows traditional dating.


I made this chart to study for a class. The rise and fall of the top line indicates relative population.

Downloadable PDF: Bible History at a Glance Chart


Primeval History

Books: Genesis 1-11; Job

Main events: Creation, fall, Cain & Abel, Noah and the flood, and the Tower of Babel.

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2000 BC – Patriarchs

Books: Genesis 12-50

The history of the nation of Israel starts with God calling Abram/Abraham. This one man led to one family, which led finally to 12 large tribes. Abraham was promised a land, a people and a blessing in Genesis 12. The rest of the Old Testament shows how God worked out those promises. Main characters: Abraham, Isaac & Joseph.

Abraham’s family tree

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1720-1280 BC – Captivity & Exodus

Books: Exodus

Through the story of Joseph, the descendants of Abraham end up as slaves in Egypt which eventually leads to God bringing them out of slavery through Moses & the Exodus. There is some debate about the exact date of the Exodus.

When did the Exodus happen?

Introduction to Ancient Egypt

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1280-1240 BC – Wilderness

Books: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

The Exodus leads to the wilderness period where the children of Israel are wandering in the Sinai desert which culminates with the giving of the law at Mount Sinai.

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1240 – 1050 BC – Conquest & Judges

Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth

The wilderness period ends with the conquest of the promised land. The conquest begins with crossing the Jordan River (c. 1240). The conquest of the promised land is followed by the period of the Judges.  Israel lives in the land under the theocracy of God. The people turn away from God and God disciplines them by handing them over to their enemies. When they return to God, God raises up a judge to deliver them. But then the cycle repeats in a downward spiral. After the 12th judge, Israel demands a king like all the other nations.

Outline of Joshua

Chart of Israel’s Judges

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1050-930 BC – United Monarchy

Books: 1&2 Samuel; 1&2Chronicles; Psalms of David

In response to the demands of the people, God gives the nation a king: first, Saul, then David and Solomon.  The period of the monarchy or united kingdom also has its ups and downs, but overall it is Israel’s glory days of peace and prosperity.

  • Saul’s reign c. 1038-1010 BC; 1 Samuel 8-31; 1Chronicles 10.
  • David’s lifetime c. 1040 -970 BC; ruler over Judah c. 1010 BC; ruler over Israel c. 1003 BC; 2 Samuel; 1Chronicles 11-29; 1Kings 1:1-2-11.
  • Solomon’s reign 970 -930 BC; 1Kings 1-12; 2Chronicles 1-9.

Saul’s family tree

David’s family tree

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930-586 BC – Divided monarchy

Books: 1Kings12-2Kings 17; 2Chronicles 1-38; Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Obadiah, Joel, Jonah, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk.

After the death of Solomon in 930 BC, civil war breaks out over who should inherit the throne. The kingdom splits with 10 tribes forming the northern alliance with a capital in Samaria;  and the two southern tribes of Benjamin and Judah forming a separate alliance with the capital remaining Jerusalem.

  • Northern Kingdom: Israel (930-722 BC)
  • Southern Kingdom: Judah (930-586 BC); 2Kings 18-25; 2Chronicles 28-36.

Kings of Israel & Judah

Introduction to the Northern Kingdom

Introduction to the Southern Kingdom

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586-538 BC – Exile & Captivity

Books: Ezekiel, Daniel, Lamentations

Around 740 BC the Assyrian empire became the superpower of their day. A series of powerful Assyrian kings held the Syria-Palestine region in their grip, exacting yearly tribute on pain of swift revenge for any rebellion. In 722 BC, Israel rebelled (again) and the Assyrians conquered her capital city, ending her existence as a nation and taking the 10 northern tribes into exile.

Eventually the Babylonians defeat Assyria and become the dominant world power. They conquer Jerusalem in 586 BC, destroying the city, burning the temple and deporting the children of Israel.

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538 -400 BC – Return & Restoration

Books: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

The prophets predicted that this captivity would end and the people would be return to their land. In three stages, over about a hundred years, they were allowed to migrate back to Jerusalem, rebuild the city and rebuild the temple.

Introduction to the Exile and Return

Chronology of Ezra-Nehemiah

The Old Testament closes with the people back in their land as a vassal state of Persia, awaiting the Messiah. The end of Malachi marks the beginning of 400 years of prophetic silence broken by John the Baptist.

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Further Study

Introduction to the Intertestamental Period

New Testament History from Alexander to Titus

Josiah Blake Tidewell: The Bible by period (1916)

Frank Palmer: A Bird’s Eye View of the Bible (1914)

Ray Stedman’s Adventuring through the Bible (1997)

Ray Stedman’s Panorma of the Scriptures

John MacArthur Bible Introductions

John Edgar McFadyen: Introduction to the Old Testament (1905)

Henry Drummond: Introduction to the New Testament (1915)

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New Testament History from Alexander to Titus

February 8, 2021 by Krisan Marotta

New Testament History from Alexander to Titus | WednesdayintheWord.com

When the Old Testament ends, Israel is under control of the Persian empire. When the New Testament begins, Israel is under Roman control. The switch occurred because of Alexander the Great. This historical background helps explain the political situation at the time of the New Testament.


Alexander the Great

356-323 BC

Alexander led the Macedonians and Greeks into Asia and conquered the Persian empire, including Palestine and Egypt.

Alexander’s conquests spread: Greek language, Greek colonists and Greek culture (Hellenism).

MAP: Alexander the Great’s Empire

MAP: Palestine Between Old and New Testaments

Jewish life under Alexander:

Religious life centered on the temple in Jerusalem.

They had internal autonomy.

The High Priest was head of both religious and political affairs.

The High Priest was advised by the Sanhedrin.

The High Priest was drawn from the family of Zadok.

Zadok was chosen high priest at the time of David (2Sam 8:17).

Alexander dies and his empire splits

Alexander the Great died in 323 BC and left no successor, plunging the empire into a bloody civil war which eventually settled into 4 main kingdoms ruled by: Seleucus (Asia), Ptolemy (Egypt), Lysimachus (Thrace), and Antipater’s son Cassander (Macedonia, including Greece).

MAP: Division of Alexander’s Empire

Ptolemy I, a general of Alexander, founded a dynasty based in Egypt with their capital in Alexandria. His reign ends with Cleopatra. He did not push Greek culture on Israel.

Seleucus I, a general of Alexander, founded a dynasty in Syria and the eastern region with their capital in Antioch.

301 BC – Judea is established as part of the Ptolemaic Empire.

MAP: Palestine under the Ptolemies

However, Palestine became the battleground for these two powers who both wanted to tax it and use it as a buffer zone between them.

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Seleucid Empire

198 BC – Judea and Egypt are conquered by the Antioch III. Judea becomes part of the Seleucid Empire.

188 BC – Seleucids fight with Rome, eventually settling in the “Treaty of Apamea.”

174 BC – Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucids. Antiochus IV considers himself the divine manifestion of Zeus on earth.

Anticochus replaces the High Priest Onias III with Jason (Onias’s brother), who is willing to push Greek culture.

171 BC – Antiochus replaces High Priest Jason with Menelaus who is not a Zadokite nor from a priestly family.

169-167 BC – Antiochus goes to attack Egypt but finds the Romans there first, so abandons the fight. Jason thinking Antiochus has died, launches a fight to regain the priesthood. In retaliation, Antiochus desecrates and plunders the temple. Antiochus bans practice of Judiasm and converts the temple to the worship of Zeus.

MAP: The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III

MAP: Campaignsof Antiochus IV against Egypt

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Maccabean Revolt

See: Maccabean Revolt

166 BC Mattathius (whose family name is Hasmonean) refuses to offer unclean sacrifices to Zeus. He flees to the hills and starts a revolt with his sons Judas Maccabeus, Simon Thassi, Jonathan Apphus, Eleazar Avaran and John Gaddi.

Two factions join the revolt: the Hasidim who were mostly concerned with the purity of Judaism; and the Maccabees (followers of Judah Maccabee) who mostly want political independence.

164 BC – Judas Maccabeus and his army regain Jerusalem and restore temple worship

164-142 BC – the fight continues for political independence.

MAP: The Maccabees in 168 BCE  

MAP: Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt  

Hasmonean Dynasty

The Hasmonean dynasty lasted about 80 years from about 140 to 63 BC.

MAP: Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty

Eventually sons of Mattathius gain independence from the Seleucids. Israel is a sovereign nation for the first time since the Babylonian captivity.

Onias IV flees to Egypt, ending of the Zadokite priesthood in Israel.

The popular assembly declares Simon Thassi “leader and high priest forever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise.” Simon is the first leader to have both political and high priestly power.

Simon (brother of Judah Maccabee and son of Mattathias) is the first Hasmonean ruler of an autonomous Jewish state.

134-104 BC – John Hyrcanus expands the kingdom by force and aligns himself with the Sadducees, the more secular and wealthy class. The Pharisees come from the Hasidim.

104-103 BC – Aristobulus I is the first to take the title “king.”

103-76 BC – Alexander Jannaeus expands the kingdom to the size it was under David. A rift develops between the Sadducees and Pharisees that threatens to become a civil war. Alexander Jannaeus executes 800 Pharisees.

76-67 BC – Salome Alexandra, the wife of Jannaeus becomes ruler but not high priest. She reconciles with the Pharisees. Her son Hyrcanus II (a Pharisee) becomes High Priest while Salome lives.

67 BC – Hyrcanus II takes the throne after his mother dies, but Salome’s other son, Aristobulus II (a Sadducee) seizes the throne and high priesthood with help form Rome.

This puts Judea under Roman rule.

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Judea under Rome

63 BC – Pompey besieges Jerusalem, ousts Aristobulus, installs Hyrcanaus as high priest and Antipater as ruler.

MAP: Pompey’s Campaign against Jerusalem

Antipater has 2 sons: Phasael and Herod, known as Herod the Great. Phasael becomes Governor of Jerusalem and Herod the Great becomes Governor of Galilee.

41 BC – Rome appoints Phaseal and Herod as joint Tetrarchs of Judea to support Hyrcanaus II.

40 BC – Antigones (son of Aristobulus II) takes the throne with help of the Parthians. Herod flees to Rome and pleads his case where he is declared “King of Judea”.

37 BC – Herod completes the recapture of Judea with the help of Roman troops.

MAP: Kingdom of Herod the Great

MAP: Herod’s Kingdom Divided

Herod’s offenses from a Jewish perspective

He is Idumean. He is not religious but is forced to become Jewish.

He is not Hasmonean.

He upholds the interests of Rome.

He builds pagan temples outside Judea.

He puts a golden eagle over the temple.

Herod’s concessions to Jewishness

He marries a Hasmonean princess, Mariamne (but he eventually executes everyone from the Hasmonean line).

He does some reconstruction of the temple.

He respects Pharisaic scruples.

Herod ends up killing:

  • Aristobulus III, his brother in law
  • Joseph, his brother in law
  • Hyrcanus II, his wife’s grandfather
  • Mariamne, his wife
  • Alexandra, his mother-in-law
  • Alexander, his son
  • Aristobulus, his son
  • Antipater, his son
  • The innocent children of Bethlehem

Division of Herod’s kingdom

Herod dies in 4 BC and his kingdom is divided:

Philip becomes Tetrarch of the mostly gentile area east/northeast of the Sea of Galilee.

Herod Antipas becomes Tetrarch of Galilee, Perea; Builds Tiberias on a graveyard; To settle a dispute with the Nabateans, he married a Nabatean princess. Later he fell in love with this niece, Herodias, who was also his brother’s wife and marries her.

Archelaus becomes Ethnarch of Juda, Idumea and Samaria. Archelaus is so oppressive, Rome fears the people will revolt and Augustus removes him.

6AD Judea becomes a Roman province overseen by the Roman Prefect/Procurater Pilate. Internal affairs are once again administered by the high priest and council.

Rome orders a census so they can figure out the taxes the Jews owe.

Jews are outraged by the the idea of paying taxes to Gentiles and the organized Zealot movement begins.

Return of the Herods

37-44 AD – Herod Agrippa I becomes ruler over the whole region in bits and pieces. He persecuted the Christians and imprisoned the Apostle Peter.

44-66 AD – Herod Agrippa II is said to have heard Paul preach.

66-70 – Titus leads the Romans in a war against the Jews which ends with the destruction of the temple in 70 AD.

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Flavius Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews

Book XI — From the First Year of Cyrus to the Death of Alexander the Great
Book XII — From the Death of Alexander the Great to the Death of Judas Maccabeus
Book XIII — From the Death of Judas Maccabeus to the Death of Queen Alexandra
Book XIV — From the Death of Queen Alexandra to the Death of Antigonus
Book XV — From the Death of Antigonus to the Finishing of the Temple by Herod
Book XVI — From the Finishing of the Temple by Herod to the Death of Alexander and Aristobulus
Book XVII — From the Death of Alexander and Aristobulus to the Banishment of Archelaus
Book XVIII — From the Banishment of Archelaus to the Departure of the Jews from Babylon
Book XIX — From the Departure of the Jews from Babylon to FAdus the Roman Procurator

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Maps from Holman Bible Atlas

Alexander the Great’s Empire

The Division of Alexander’s Empire ca. 275 BCE

Palestine under the Ptolemies

The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III

Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt

The Maccabees in 168 BCE

Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt

Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty

Pompey’s Campaign against Jerusalem

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Exile and Return Introduction

September 8, 2020 by Krisan Marotta

Introduction to the Exile and Return | WednesdayintheWord.com

The period of the divided kingdom ended with the people of Israel being taken into captivity. First, the people of the northern kingdom were conquered by Assyria, leaving Judah to struggle on alone. Finally, the southern kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Babylonians, leaving all the children of Israel in exile from the land. Here is an overview and timeline of the exile of Israel and her return from captivity.

Timeline

Assyrian Kings

  • Shalmaneser II (860-825 BC) – began to “cut off” Israel
  • Adad-Nirari (808-783 BC) – took tribute from Israel (Jonah’s visit?)
  • Tiglath-Pileser III (747-727 BC) – deported most of Israel
  • Sargon II (7220705) BC – carried the rest of Israel captive
  • Sennacherib (706-681 BC) – invaded Judah; Assyrian Captivity of northern kingdom
  • Esar-Haddon (681-668 BC) – very powerful
  • Assur-banipal (668-626 BC) – most powerful and brutal
  • Weak Kings (626-605 BC) – who lead to defeat of Assyria

Fall of Judah

  • 612 BC – Babylonians and Medes conquer Assyria.
  • 605 BC – Babylonians battle Egyptians at Carchemish.
  • 605 BC – Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of Babylon; The Babylonians invade Judah; First wave of deportation of Jews to Babylon; Daniel is taken captive and begins to prophesy.
  • 601 BC – Babylonians battle Egypt, both sides suffer losses; Judah decides to realign itself with Egypt.
  • 597 BC – Jehoachin becomes king of Judah; Babylonians capture Jerusalem; Second wave of deportation to Babylon from Judah; Ezekiel is taken captive to Babylon; Zedekiah becomes king of Judah.
  • 593 BC – Ezekiel begins to prophesy.
  • 586 BC – The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple; Jerusalem’s walls and gates are burned with fire; Third wave of Jews deported to Babylon; Babylonian Exile begins.
  • 539 BC – The Fall of Babylon; Beginning of the Persian Period to 332; The Decree of Cyrus II allowing Jews to return.
  • 516 BC – The Jews rebuild their Temple (70 years).
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Exile

Developments in Judah (2 Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 40-44)

  • Judah as a province of Babylon: no king; governor appoint; new captial is Mizpah.
  • Small population left in Jerusalem under hard conditions; “the poor of the land” (2 Kings 25:12).
  • Gedaliah assassinated by Ishmael (2 Kings 25:23-26; Jeremiah 40:7-41:18); governor appoint by Babylonians.
  • Jeremiah gives advice (Jeremiah 40:1-6; 42:1-43:3) to stay in land.
  • People flee to Egypt (Jeremiah 43:4-44:30); Jeremiah follows them; Babylon conquers Egypt and people further dispersed.

By the Waters of Babylon (605-539 BC)

  • Humiliation (Psalm 137).
  • Institutions remained: synagogue evolved; elders, prophets (Ezekiel) and priest maintained (Jeremiah 29).
  • Freedom of movement; Jews could buy a house and move.
  • Freedom of correspondence: could write/receive letters.
  • Possibility of government positions (e.g. Daniel).
  • Living in a fertile prosperous land with agricultural possibilities.
  • Too comfortable? (Josephus Antiquities 11.1.3).

Rise of Persia

  • Restoration predicted (e.g Jeremiah 25:11).
  • Cyrus, King of Persia, reigns 559-530 BC.
  • Cyrus conquers the Meades, Assyrians and up to India, creating a vast Persian empire.
  • Fall of Babylon (October 539 BC); Cyrus greeted as a conquering hero.
  • Edict of release (Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 6:3-5).

Content of the Edict

  • Ezra 1 is more theological; Ezra 6 is the official record.
  • Temple to be rebuilt and cost defrayed by Cyrus (Ezra 6:8).
  • Building specifications and dimensions.
  • Return of gold and silver items taken by Nebuchadnezzar.
  • All Jews who wished could return to Judah.
  • Jews who remain in Babylon may assist project with freewill offerings.
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Return and Restoration

See: Chronologoy of Ezra-Nehemiah

First Stage of Return to Judah

  • Ezra 1-6 – Rebuilding the temple
  • Ezra 1 – edict of return
  • Ezra 2 – list of returnees; leading role for Zerubbabel (2:2); approx. 50,000 return
  • Ezra 3:1-6 – rebuilding and rededicating the altar; Mosaic worship restored
  • Ezra 3:7-13 – laying the temple foundation about 6 months after altar dedication
  • Ezra 4:1-23 – opposition to rebuilding; work stops for approximately 10 years
  • Ezra 5:1-6:15 – Encouragement to rebuild from Haggai & Zechariah; work resumes in 530 BC
  • Ezra 6:16-22 – Completed temple is dedicated and Passover celebrated
  • Ezra 7:1-8:36 – Second return of the Jews to Jerusalem; 458-457 BC (1 year)
  • Ezra 9:1-10:44 – Restoration of the people
  • Biblehub: Ezra Timeline

Second Stage of Return to Judah

  • Nehemiah 1:1-11 – Nehemiah learns Jerusalem has no walls; 445 BC
  • Nehemiah 2:1-20 – Nehemiah commissioned to return to Jerusalem
  • Nehemiah 3:1-6:19 – Building the walls amidst continued opposition
  • Nehemiah 8:1-18 – reading and exposition of the Law
  • Nehemiah 9:1:10:39 – Covenant renewal
  • Nehemiah 12:27-47 – Dedication of Jerusalem city walls
  • Nehemiah 13 – Nehemiah’s second administration; returns 432 BC to a bad situation
  • Biblehub: Nehemiah Timeline
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History

  • Alfred Edersheim: Sketches of Jewish Social Life
  • Alfred Edersheim: Old Testament History
  • Alfred Edersheim: The Temple —Its Ministry and Services 
  • Jacob Abbott: Cyrus the Great by Jacob Abbott (1904)
  • Flavius Josephus: From The Death Of Ahab To The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes (157 Years)
  • Flavius Josephus: From The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes To The First Year Of Cyrus (182 Years)
  • Flavius Josephus: From The First Of Cyrus To The Death Of Alexander The Great
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Maps

  • The New Babylonian Empire and Ezekiel – BibleHistory.com
  • The New Babylonian Empire and Egypt – BibleHistory.com
  • The Babylonian Captivity – BibleHistory.com
  • The Divided Kingdom – Biblehub.com
  • The Kingdom of Judah – Biblehub.com
  • The Captivity of Judah – Biblehub.com
  • The Restoration – Biblehub.com
  • Deportations and Returns under Assyria and Babylon -Idubiblia.org
  • Assyrian and Babylonian and Greek Empires -Idubiblia.org
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Invasions of Jerusalem

There were 4 significant invasions of Jerusalem in Old Testament history:

  1. By Shishak, king of Egypt, ca. 925 BC during the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:25-26; 2 Chronicles 12).
  2. By the Philistines and Arabians between 848–841 BC during the reign of Jehoram of Judah (2 Chronciles 21:8–20).
  3. By Jehoash, king of Israel, ca. 790 BC (2 Kings 14; 2 Chronciles 25).
  4. By Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
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Exile Kings in the Bible

KingdomKingReignBible Reference
AssyriaTiglath-Pileser III744-727 BC2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:7-10; 1Chronicles 5:6-26
AssyriaSargon II721-701 BC2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 20:1
AssyriaSennacherib704-681 BC(Assyrian Captivity of northern kingdom)
AssyriaEsarhaddon680-699 BCIsaiah 36:37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32
AssyriaAshurbanipal668-627 BC2 Kings 19:27; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38
BabylonNebuchadneezar II604-562 BC(Babylonian captivity of southern kingdom)
2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah 21;
Daniel 1:5
BabylonNabonidus551-539 BCDaniel 5
BabylonBeshazzar?-539BC
Medo-PersianCyrus & Dairus529-530 BCDaniel 6; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1; 2 Chronicles 36
Medo-PersianAhasuerus (Cambyses)529-522 BCEzra 4:6
Medo-PersianArtaxerxes (Ahasuerus)423-405 BCEsther
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Background & History

August 19, 2020 by Krisan Marotta

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Background, historical and cultural information to help you study the bible.


Ancient Egypt Introduction

October 23, 2020

City of Corinth

April 4, 2019

Coins in the Bible

November 13, 2020

Corinthians: How many letters did Paul write to Corinth?

April 11, 2019

Early Church Heresies

January 31, 2019

Empires of the Ancient World

June 4, 2021

Exile and Return Introduction

September 8, 2020

Ezra-Nehemiah Chronology

July 5, 2018

Geography of the New Testament

April 9, 2021

Hebrew Calendar explained

July 1, 2015

How the Apostles died

May 28, 2021

Intertestamental Period Introduction

October 22, 2020

Israel’s 3 Temples

May 24, 2021

Jeremiah’s Ministry Chronology

August 20, 2016

Jewish Day (1st Century) explained

May 10, 2021

Kings of Assyria in Biblical times

May 7, 2021

Kings of Babylon in Biblical times

May 14, 2021

Kings of Israel and Judah

October 19, 2015

Kings of Persia in Biblical Times

May 21, 2021

New Testament History from Alexander to Titus

February 8, 2021

New Testament Priesthood

February 12, 2021

Northern Kingdom Introduction

October 16, 2020

Paul’s Missionary Journeys

June 7, 2019

Paul, Chronology of the Apostle

June 30, 2017

Prophets Chronological List

February 1, 2021

Sheep & Shepherd Imagery in Scripture

September 7, 2022

Simple overview of biblical history

September 3, 2021

Southern Kingdom Introduction

October 8, 2020

Weights and measures of the Bible

January 25, 2021

What was the Canaanite religion?

November 10, 2020

When did the Exodus happen?

October 19, 2020
Typical village home in Palestine

Where was the manger and what was the inn?

December 12, 2012
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