Evidence of Jewish idolatry during 1st Temple period on display

Arutz Sheva ^ | 9/8/19 | Sarah Rubenstein

[Eleutheria5]

The remains of a mysterious Jewish city populated decades before the destruction of the First Temple was discovered on a site near Beit Shemesh about six months ago.

The findings not only revealed evidence of the renewal of Jewish settlement in the area following the destruction wrought by Sancheiriv but also revealed evidence of the idol worship the Jewish people engaged in at the time. The findings of figurines and idols in the Jewish city corroborated the Tanach's (Jewish Bible) attribution of the destruction of the First Temple to idolatry.

Sancheiriv (Sennacherib), the king of Assyria from 705 BCE to 681 BCE, wreaked havoc in the land of Israel during the First Temple period during the reign of the Jewish king Hezkiah. Sancheiriv waged war on Israel, destroying most of the cities in Judah, and then setting siege on Jerusalem, where a great miracle occurred when 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (the entire army) died suddenly overnight. However, while Jews continued to live in Jerusalem, Sancheirev had laid waste to Judea, conquering more than 46 cites and sending more than 200,000 Jews into exile, as described in Isaiah: "your land is desolate, your cities are burned to a crisp."

The archaeological finding near Route 38 of the remains of the Jewish city includes fragments of figurines in the shape of women and animals and a stone statue of the Egyptian god Bas. Unfortunately, the findings of evidence of idolatrous practice among the Jews at that time is not surprising.

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The findings are currently on display in the exhibition "Paths of Israel in the Kingdom of Judah" at the Bible Lands Museum...

[QBFimi]

To quote my goddaughter: “You can get in big trouble for that”.

[Eleutheria5]

They did.

[sparklite2]

American Idolatry

   "What, me worship? I venerate."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5. Looks like a good one for the weekly Digest ping.

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[21twelve]

Our pastor always makes the point when talking about the destruction of Jerusalem and being carted off to Babylon on how yes, it was a TERRIBLE time - think Hitler, Pol Pot, etc. all combined. BUT - afterwards, the Jews never did worship idols again. Well - the god idols. Jews have the same problems as Christians today that “worship” success, wealth, status, etc.

[TBP]

BTTT.

[TXnMA]

The article reads like it was written by Werner Keller...

Thank you for posting this!

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[TXnMA]

Thanks for the ping!

I'm always in the mood for Biblical archeology...

TXnMA
  

[SunkenCiv]

> a stone statue of the Egyptian god Bas

Sal Bas — instead of Salmon, he went with Bas!!!

/jk

It’s a typo, and a rather odd one, since it would be easy to check it. Bes was the deity’s name. :^)

[Bellflower]

Good one, and too true. A rose by any other name does still smell the same.