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'Solomon's Palace' discovered in Israel, . . . (truncated)
Christian Today ^ | 4 September 2016 | Hazel Torres

Posted on 09/04/2016 8:23:27 AM PDT by fella

showing another proof that Bible passages were based on actual historical events

Solid evidence has once again been unearthed proving that passages from the Bible were based on actual historical events.

A team of archaeologists has discovered a palatial building in Gezer, Israel, which the discoverers named "Solomon's Palace," according to New Historian.

The spectacular building was constructed over 3,000 years ago, in the tenth century BCE, according to the archaeologists. Although they could not tell yet which king, if any, lived in the palace, they believe it was likely built during the reign of King Solomon.

Their conjecture was based on Philistine pottery discovered at the site. According to the Bible, Philistines lived in Gezer until the city was vanquished by Solomon's father, King David.

According to the Bible, King Solomon was the driving force behind the creation of Israel.

Excavation co-director Professor Steve Ortiz, from the Tandy Museum of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of Fort Worth, Texas, told Haaretz that the structure was significantly larger than the size of normal houses of the time, which suggests that it was home to someone of great importance.

The Old Testament states that the city of Gezer, which is situated on a crossroads in a pass leading from the coast to Jerusalem, was given by the Pharaoh of Egypt as a dowry to Solomon's wife. Solomon then rebuilt the city during the late tenth century BCE.

The archaeologists said the palace complex they've unearthed could only have been built by a king with substantial resources, one like Solomon.

The archaeologists also found evidence of destruction within the rooms in the complex, which they said could be associated with the Shishak invasion in 925 BCE, when the Pharaoh launched an invasion of Israel and Judah—another event described in the Old Testament.

This was not the first high-profile archaeological discovery in Israel this year that showed evidence of the events written in the Bible, according to the Christian Post.

Last month, a team uncovered a first century AD era synagogue at a site called Tel Rechesh, which is located near Mount Tabor.

The find confirmed the Bible's New Testament narrative about the preaching Jesus Christ did in synagogues, a leading archaeologist said.

"This is the first synagogue discovered in the rural part of the Galilee and it confirms historical information we have about the New Testament, which says that Jesus preached at synagogues in Galilean villages," said Dr. Motti Aviam, a senior researcher at the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archeology, as quoted by CBN News.

Matthew chapter four records how Jesus went throughout the Galilee teaching and preaching. A similar account is found in Matthew chapter nine verse 35 which says, "Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness."

According to experts, the walls of the synagogue room are "lined with benches constructed from skillfully hewn limestone."

Israeli news site Ynet reports that the synagogue was discovered just four inches underground and reportedly measures 29 feet long and 26 feet wide.


TOPICS: Ecumenism; History; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: bce; fauxiantrolls; gezer; israel; israelstele; kingdavid; kingsolomon; merenptah; merneptah; pearlsbeforeswine; philistines; solomonspalace; telgezer
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1 posted on 09/04/2016 8:23:27 AM PDT by fella
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To: fella
in the tenth century BCE,

What's with the "BCE" $hit? I thought that was kinda' phased out a few years ago.

2 posted on 09/04/2016 8:25:30 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: laweeks

BCE...coming from Christianity Today!


3 posted on 09/04/2016 8:27:35 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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BCE...coming from Christianity Today!

Disgraceful

4 posted on 09/04/2016 8:31:10 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: fella
Unbelievers are going to have a heard time denying this and all the other finds. How do they find these treasures? They read the account of it in the Bible and where that account was located, then start digging.

Every year the archaeologists and the public are finding out that the Bible may not be one big ass myth.

5 posted on 09/04/2016 8:33:54 AM PDT by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: fella

You mean the Bible is historically true? Great news! /s


6 posted on 09/04/2016 8:35:31 AM PDT by Fungi (Mushrooms are fungi.)
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To: thirst4truth

Right now they’re picking on the use of the politically correct BCE term. If they don’t use it the secularist scientists won’t read it.


7 posted on 09/04/2016 8:40:19 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: laweeks

I choose to not be offended by this. Bottom line is the “Common” Era, meaning the chronology of time recognized by global human civilization, pivots on the birth of a Jewish baby in an obscure hill town in an even more obscure province of the Roman Empire. So call it BC, BCE, or whatever, the fulcrum upon which humankind’s time on this planet shifted remains the same.


8 posted on 09/04/2016 8:41:36 AM PDT by katana
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To: MNDude; laweeks; fella

BCE: Before the Christian Era.

Depends on how you read it.


9 posted on 09/04/2016 8:44:28 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: katana
So call it BC, BCE, or whatever,

BCE: Before Common Era

BC: Before Christ

For centuries, if not longer, BC was widely accepted. I find a big difference. One is an attack on Christianity and a sterile, ridiculous secular tag.

So is CE, common era, instead of AD, a stupid attempt to sanitize the Christian part of our culture.

10 posted on 09/04/2016 8:50:03 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: KrisKrinkle
BCE: Before the Christian Era. Depends on how you read it.

Well, you and I know exactly what it means. I won't buy dumping Christianity parts of our culture for these stupid secular attempts to eliminate all that is Christian.

11 posted on 09/04/2016 8:51:59 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: fella

So were there any young Gezers in the city, or were they all old?


12 posted on 09/04/2016 8:53:56 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: katana

Agreed. :)

And I’m tired of every single thread on this kind of topic devolving into this same BC/BCE argument, and completely eclipsing discussion of the topic, which is often something significant and cool like it is here.


13 posted on 09/04/2016 9:06:18 AM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (No one in the field is voting for Frail, Pale and Belongs in Jail.)
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re: According to the Bible, King Solomon was the driving force behind the creation of Israel.

This is bigger news than discovering the temple.
Most Bible readers think God/Yaweh was the driving force behind the creation of Israel.

Those who would name a mortal would say a series of 3 people were the driving force: Samuel, Saul, David. By the time Solomon came to power, Israel was already at its peak, thanks to his father David.

In fact, most Bible scholars attribute to Solomon the destruction of Israel. Solomon heavily taxed the 10 Northern tribes to employ those of the 2 southern tribes to supervise the building of the temple by non-jewish laborers.

The 10 tribes seceded from Judah over the unfair taxation. In fact, the 10 tribe were the original tea party.


14 posted on 09/04/2016 9:07:34 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: To Hell With Poverty

I wish they had shown more pictures of the palace dig. The aerial view doesn’t give a feel for the scale of the site.


15 posted on 09/04/2016 9:10:58 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: katana

Excellent point. Thank you.


16 posted on 09/04/2016 9:14:59 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: laweeks

“BCE...coming from Christianity Today!”

“Disgraceful”
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The link is to “Christian Today” , not “Christianity Today”. Not that “Christianity Today” is much better.


17 posted on 09/04/2016 9:22:16 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: To Hell With Poverty

The upending of certain historians, and I hesitate to use the title, who insist that the Bible is myth is always a joy. Archaeologists who have no problem identifying some gold draped corpse buried in an English field as Saxon King so and so, or a Danish Earl mentioned in the Chronicle, bridle at the idea Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, or even Jesus (who is mentioned by the Judeo-Roman historian Josephus) were living and breathing people whose deeds were recorded. The Bible reads like history because it is history.


18 posted on 09/04/2016 9:23:43 AM PDT by katana
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To: laweeks

A.D. means Anno Domini.....Year of the Lord!!! Take THAT LEFTIES!


19 posted on 09/04/2016 9:42:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: fella

Disappointing that a site calling itself “Christian Today” uses the anti-Christian “BCE” instead of “B.C.”


20 posted on 09/04/2016 9:45:24 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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