Israel Professor: Discovery of King Hezekiah Inscriptions Among 'Most Important' Archaeological Finds Ever

cbn ^ | 12/19/22 | John Waage

[xzins]

Professor Gershon Galil at Haifa University’s Institute for Biblical Studies and Ancient History, along with Eli Shukron from the Bible and Ancient History research institute, found that the 8th Century BC inscriptions – on a stone no bigger than the palm of a hand – not only include Hezekiah’s name, but also list his achievements from the first 17 years of his reign.

Those include his commission to carve out the pool at Siloam and the tunnel to access the waters underneath the Gihon Spring. The action is believed to have helped saved the city by denying sources of water to the Assyrian King Sennacherib when he attempted to take over the city, as described in the Bible.

"When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, intent on making war against Jerusalem, he consulted with his officers and warriors about stopping the flow of the springs outside the city, and they supported him. A large force was assembled to stop up all the springs and the wadi that flowed through the land, for otherwise, they thought, the King of Assyria would come and find water in abundance "(2 Chronicles 32:2-4).

[xzins]

More validation of the bible

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!....................

[Jim Robinson]

Bttt

[Verginius Rufus]

There is a tunnel on Samos to bring water to the city, constructed in the 6th century B.C. The workers started at both ends and met in the middle. This tunnel in Jerusalem, if dated to 709 B.C., is nearly 200 years older.

[xzins]

We don’t realize how extraordinary those ancients were until we try ourselves to build a house... even a doghouse.

[dandiegirl]

The saying is that the more they dig, the more they find out that the Bible is true. So much still underground, so exciting what they will continue to find through the years.

[xzins]

Exactly.

The Bible is God’s Word. Let God be true and every man a liar.

[Verginius Rufus]

It is so easy to take for granted all the modern inventions we enjoy (without having done anything to create) while ignoring the accomplishments of earlier times done under much less favorable conditions. The output of ancient writers and thinkers is amazing when you consider the conditions they had to deal with—Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Livy, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. Likewise for thinkers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

[William Tell]

"... the accomplishments of earlier times ..."

"Hero's engine" was a steam powered rotating sphere invented two thousand years ago. Just try to imagine what life would be like now if the steam engine had been perfected two thousand years ago.

[SunkenCiv]

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