Bible Reference |
Statement |
Supported by
Archaeology
|
1 Kings 20 v 1
2 Kings 13 v 3 |
There were periods of hostility between Syria and
Israel.
Ben Hadad was a Syrian king involved in this hostility. |
|
1 Kings 12 v 26
2 Chronicles 10 v 19 |
The kings of Israel were referred to as the house of
David. |
|
1 Kings 16 v 23 and 29
2 Kings 3 v 4 and 5 |
Mesha king of Moab was for a time under tribute to
Israel and subsequently rebelled. Omri was one of the
kings of Israel. |
|
1 Kings 20 v 34 |
Ahab was one of Israel’s kings. At one time he had an
alliance with Ben-Hadad, king of Syria. |
|
2 Kings 9 and 10
2 Kings 17 v 3 |
Israel had a king named Jehu who reigned when
Assyria was a superpower. The Assyrians had a king
called Shalmaneser who made subject nations pay
tribute. |
|
2 Kings 17 v 5 and 6 |
The king of Assyria conquered Samaria and took its
inhabitants captive. |
|
2 Kings 18 v 13 and 17
2 Kings 19 v 35 and 36 |
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, conquered all the cities
of Judah except Jerusalem, which he failed to
conquer. |
|
2 Kings 24 v 12, 13, 15
and 17 |
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, conquered
Jerusalem and took tribute. The king was then taken
captive and another king put in his place by
Nebuchadnezzar. |
|
Daniel 5 v 29 |
Belshazzar was a king of Babylon. He was second in
command, under his father. |
|
2 Kings 17 v 3
2 Kings 19 v 36 and 37
2 Kings 24 v 1
Isaiah 20 v 1; Ezra 1 v 2 |
Assyria had kings called Shalmaneser, Sargon,
Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon. Babylon had a king
called Nebuchadnezzar. Persia had a king called
Cyrus. |
|
Ezra 1 v 1 and 3 |
Cyrus, king of Persia, allowed the people taken
captive by the Babylonians to go back to their own
lands and practise their own religion. |
|
Matthew 20 v 1 and 2
Mark 12 v 15
Matthew 2 v 1 and 16
Acts 19 v 27 and 28 |
The “denarius” was a coin of New Testament times.
Herod was a ruler of the Jews.
“Diana of the Ephesians” was a popular goddess. |
|
Luke 3 v 1 |
Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. |
|
Acts 17 v 6 and 8 |
In the first century, the local rulers were called
“politarchs” in Thessalonica, “praetors” in Philippi,
and “proconsuls” in Corinth. The ruler of Malta was
called “leading man of the island”. |
|
