From a monument of Asshur-bil-kala's own time--one of the earliest Assyrian sculptures that has cone down to us--we may perhaps further conclude that he inherited something of the religious spirit of his father, and gave a portion of his attention to the adornment of temples, and the setting up of images.
The probable date of the reign of Asshur-bil-kala is about B.C.
1110-1090.

He appears to have been succeeded on the throne by his younger brother, Shamas-Vul, of whom nothing is known, but that he built, or repaired, a temple at Nineveh.

His reign probably occupied the interval between B..

1090 and 1070.

He would thus seem to have been contemporary with _Smendes_ in Egypt and with Samuel or Saul in Israel.
So apparently insignificant an event as the establishment of a kingdom in Palestine was not likely to disturb the thoughts, even if it came to the knowledge, of an Assyrian monarch.