Biblical events didn’t happen in a vacuum. They are interacting with nations around them. When events happened and who is involved are important. Sometimes documents from other nations mention events or people in the Bible. Look at the wider world.
Tools
Find books about history. If you want to dive in deeper, read original texts (or their translations) from the original people themselves. For instance, documents like the Babylonians chronicles or historians like Herodotus or Josephus.
Questions
- When did this happen?
- What happened here? (What was a place known for?)
- How did the situation arise? (What got them there?)
- Who is involved?
- Who are the people groups/nations involved?