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.
Wait till they discover Ceasar’s Palace in Nevada!
The larger question of whether Solomon existed or had a palace seems absolutely silly to me though. There is no rational reason to doubt he existed and had a palace, whether one is Jewish, Christian, Atheist or whatever. The books of the bible that describe Solomon are historical chronicles.
Let us presume for a moment that Atheism is correct (despite the overwhelming scientific evidence against it). Just think about the logic of doubting a chronology of the Kings of the Jewish people because the book with the chronology got included in a collection of books that were assigned religious significance. What is the basis for the doubt? Guilt by association with religion? Is one supposed to doubt every historical fact recorded by someone from a culture that was religious? If so, what could be known of any history?
Doubts about such facts make Atheist look silly...and they already look pretty silly on other grounds and have no need to look sillier.
Would not Solomon’s “palace” be near Jerusalem, or in the center of Jerusalem, rather than in a village/town outside the big city?
Or would this be considered a “summer home” - deliberately away from the sounds and smells of the big city?
A little off the subject.
I was watching a TV program a few day ago that claimed Hindu as the oldest still practiced religion. Dating back to 2000BC.
Isn’t Judaism older than that? Isn’t the Jewish calendar 5776.
That would place the start of the records around 3700BC.
Heck, that would even be before Islam interlopers. /s
Are you offended by Gay Marriage, or Suzie has two mommies?
Bttt.
5.56mm
Ah, yes! but is the big ass myth larger than the lump in Hillary's pantsuit? Does it match her lies? Has she ever told the truth?
The left, who are really the left out, or as LeHaye and Jenkins would describe as the 'left behind' (no, I do not believe the 'rapture' stuff) do not like any of this that substantiates the Word of God.
God's Word is true. The only mystery is in the minds of unbelieving men. It needs no endorsement, yet God has time and again allowed us to see glimpses from the past that substantiates what He has written, by the Holy Spirit, in His Word.
God is Good!
Why would ANYONE in his right mind NOT believe that there was a King Solomon and he DID have his temple? The Old Testament isn’t a history book but when it speaks of King Herod, it’s merely reciting the facts of the time. GeezLaweez.
1. "Common Era" is just stupid, like the women's lib movement that tried to de-genderize everything in English. B.C. and A.D. are used by everyone, Christians, Jews, Hindus, the Chinese and Japanese AND even by Shrillary.
2. I'm not offended by "gay marriage" because there IS NO SUCH THING. My belief system says that a marriage is a union between ONE man and ONE woman. Anything else is egregious, counter-intuitive and counter to EVERY tradition, faith, culture and social behavior in the history of humanity.
It is unlikely that Solomon's palace was inside the original boundaries of Jerusalem as it was when David captured it and made it his capital. There is simply too little space for town buildings, a Temple, and large royal quarters. Solomon's palace is more likely to have been outside the original fortress city, which was a simple town on a site unfavorable to grandiose architecture. However, the archaeological evidence is regrettably slight.
Seems to me that First and Second Kings, and First and Second Chronicles pretty much qualify as history books. The Old Testament is a collection of many books with differing authors and of differing types of literature. And Genesis in particular is a collection of narratives of different types of literature compiled into one “book”.
Yet it exists and your children will be forced to acknowledge that fact. You can dance around with words in an attempt to prove you object to this transition of our Republic into a tyranny a little step at a time but it in fact is and not getting upset with each tiny step is how they become a big step.
The IRS sanctioned Gay marriages in the tax code and once there it will never be removed, only expanded to include every perversion man can dream up.
Would you have predicted eight years ago that we would be arguing about which perverts could follow your children into a public bathroom? Would you have believed that Islam would become a religion equal to or superior to Christianity, in our political culture? Would you have believed that prayer rooms for Muslims would be built into our schools and not one politician objects
All it takes is for us to not object to one tiny change at a time until they become huge steps.
I agree. We don't hear unbelieving people denying the very existence of Jesus anymore. Those who did have been shown to be the foolish ones. Archeology initially set out to disprove the Bible but as time goes by it continues to corroborate the biblical accounts of events, people and places. For those of us who don't doubt the truths Scripture teaches as well as the accuracy of its historical accounts, such finds further confirm the basis of our faith and confound the enemies of God who laughs in derision at their futile denials.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... (Romans 1:22)
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (I Cor. 1:20)
“Would not Solomon’s “palace” be near Jerusalem, or in the center of Jerusalem”
2 Chronicles 8:11, New Living Translation (NLT)
“Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, for the Ark of the Lord has been there, and it is holy ground.”
I guess I assumed Solomon’s palace was in Jerusalem. Does the Bible say it was somewhere else?
Appropriate reference to his decision for the time. Good find!
But, watch out, Hillary might not like it. 8<)
(Only Muslims can treat women like that in her paybook. Er, playbook.)
“watch out, Hillary might not like it.”
Incidentally but inconsequential,
1 Kings 11, 1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites 2 They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
Any Christian worth his salt simply refuses to acknowledge it. Making something legal doesn't make it right. Satan's minions INSIST that, since it's LEGAL, it is obviously right.
Satan insists on contradicting God's laws. Well, Satan isn't going to make me believe in such a thing as "gay marriage." That would be an insult to God.
BTW, for Islam "gay marriage" doesn't exist as it is anathema to their faith as well. Even Hinduism, not a faith "of the Book," makes legal unions of homosexuals illegal AND immoral...there it doesn't exist there either.
The only place "gay marriage" is heard is in Western Christian countries. They are merely legal same-gender unions.
SAD.
I know about the historical content of the Bible and I agree with it, as a matter of fact.
However, a few books out of the massive work of the Bible, which are considered "historical" because they jive with world history, simply don't make the entire tome a history book.
It shouldn't matter because the Bible, I believe, was not MEANT to be a history book. It was/is/always will be the word of God, given to us for helping our salvation.
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