The name of the Zhou period was taken from the Spring and Autumn Annals or the Chunqiu, the chronicles of the state of Lu. This can be found on the Bible Timeline with World History between 722 – 481 BC. The Spring and Autumn period started after the Western Zhou king was forced to flee to […]
Alphabetical Index to Bible Timeline
This is the Alphabetical Index that provides articles to explain the Bible Timeline
Year Divided Into 12 Months
The twelve-month calendar year is recorded on the Biblical Timeline Chart with World History towards the end of the 7th century BC. This article explains how it transpired, starting before the reforms were implemented by Numa Pompilius. The Roman calendar was not exactly the most accurate when it came to the division of months. The […]
Rome: Time of the Republic
After killing his father-in-law Servius Tullius, the Etruscan king Tarquinius Superbus killed many senators to gain more power. He brutally reigned the kingdom for years. This ended when his son Sextus raped the noblewoman Lucretia Junius Brutus. This resulted in a revolt of the population of Rome against his father which ended in Superbus’ exile […]
So of Egypt, Israel Seeks Alliance with King
The sought after alliance with King So of Egypt is recorded on the Biblical Timeline Chart With World History around 700 BC. This event, however, started with Menahem, a usurper who killed King Shallum to gain the throne and paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser III to tighten his grip on power. The Assyrian king was content to let […]
Library Preserved, Great
The library of Nineveh was compiled by the last of the Assyrian’s greatest kings, Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC). It is recorded as preserved around 600 BC on the Biblical Timeline with World History. Ashurbanipal was one of Assyria’s most scholarly kings and boasted that he could read Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform scripts. After removing his brother […]
Sardanapalus
Sardanapalus was the legendary king of Assyria who lived around 621 BC according to the Bible Timeline with World History. Greek historians Ctesias and Diodorus of Sicily recorded that he was the last king of Neo-Assyrian empire. The details assigned by the historians to the legendary Sardanapalus do not match the reign of Ashur-ubalit II (Assyria’s last king). […]
Assyrian Soldiers Killed by an Angel, 185,000
Miracles and Faith go hand in hand. God smote many in defense of the righteous. This article is about how one of His angels saved Jerusalem under the reign of Hezekiah. The event is recorded on the Bible Timeline Poster around 700 BC. Hezekiah’s reign (726-697 BC) overlapped the reigns of Assyrian kings Shalmaneser V, […]
Sargon II
The book of Isaiah provides a very brief passage about Sargon II which tells of the Assyrian capture of the Philistine city of Ashdod by Sargon’s commander in chief (20:1). Sargon II is recorded on the Bible Timeline Chart around 721 BC. The following verses (v 3-6) contain a prophecy of Egypt’s downfall after an […]
Micah
Background The prophet Micah was born in the town of Moresheth-Gath, an agricultural town in southern Judah. His name means “who is like God.” He was active between 742 and 687 BC during the overlapping reigns of Jotham and Ahaz, as well as Hezekiah. Which is where he is listed on the Biblical Timeline Poster. […]
Arabs and the Philistines, Wars with
Apart from the Egyptians and the Canaanites, the Philistines were some of the first groups of people the ancient Israelites interacted with. They coexisted peacefully (such as in the time of the patriarchs), but this was broken when Israel emerged as a rival in territories and power in southern Levant during the early Iron Age. […]