Miscellaneous

Birth and name Gallio was born in Corduba (Cordova) in c. 5 BC. His original name was Marcus Annaeus Novatus. But after getting adopted by a wealthy rhetorician Roman called…

Herod Agrippa II was the eighth and last ruler of the Herodian dynasty. He was the fifth of the Herodians to hold the title of king, He ruled over lands…

The book of Esther tells us that Mordecai was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish. He was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin…

The Bible tells us that Shallum the son of Jabesh became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah. However, he reigned only for a brief…

The Bible tells us that in the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign (2 Kings 16; 2…

Historical background King Hiram is also called Huram (1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:3) or Ahiram. He was a Phoenician king of tyre, a port city on the Mediterranean coast…

During the second missionary trip, Paul and Silas came to Philippi a city in Macedonia (Acts 16:12). There, they preached on the Sabbath day by the riverside and taught the…

Pride was the sin that Lucifer, God’s highly exalted angel (Ezekiel 28:14), harbored in his heart. Before his fall, Lucifer was the most beautiful and the wisest of all the…

The Scriptural record gives no information about Jehu’s ancestry or the place of his origin. It only mentions that he was the son of Jehoshaphat. Jehu is commonly known as…

Ahaziah of Israel was the son of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. This king ruled from 853—852 BC. He did great wickedness before the Lord. Ahab and Jezebel introduced Baal…