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Archaeology And The Bible

Archaeology And The Bible. The Historic Accuracy Of The Bible.

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Archaeology And The Bible

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  1. Archaeology And The Bible

  2. The Historic Accuracy Of The Bible • “As a matter of fact, however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible.” • (Nelson Glueck, Rivers In The Desert, p.31)

  3. Abraham From Ur • Genesis 11:28 • And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

  4. Panel From Royal Grave In Ur

  5. Ram Caught In Thicket From Royal Grave In Ur

  6. The Code of Hammurabi

  7. The Code of Hammurabi

  8. The Code of Hammurabi • 146: When a seignior married a hierodule and she gave a female slave to her husband and she has then borne children, if later that female slave has claimed equality with her mistress because she bore children, her mistress may not sell her; she may make her with the slave-mark and count her among her slaves.

  9. The Code of Hammurabi • 171:However, if the father during his lifetime has never said “My children!” to the children whom the slave bore him, after the father has gone to his fate, the children of the slave may not share in the goods of the paternal estate along with the children of the first wife; freedom for the slave and her children shall be effected.

  10. The Hittites • Genesis 23:10 • And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

  11. The Hittites

  12. The Hebrew Invasion • Joshua 10:1-2 • Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it — as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king — and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, 2 that they feared greatly,

  13. The Habiru InvasionEl-Amarna Letters

  14. The Altar Of Joshua On Mount Ebal • Joshua 8:30 • Now Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in Mount Ebal,

  15. The House Of David • 1 Samuel 20:16 • So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Let the LORD require it at the hand of David's enemies."

  16. The House Of David

  17. Shishak’s Invasion Of Judah • 1 Kings 14:25 • It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

  18. Shishak On the Temple Of Amun In Thebes

  19. King Jehu • 2 Kings 10:29 • However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.

  20. The Black Obelisk

  21. Jehu Bowing

  22. Sargon • Isaiah 20:1 • In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

  23. Sargon

  24. King Hezekiah’s Water Tunnel • 2 Kings 20:20 • Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah — all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city — are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  25. King Jehu

  26. King Hezekiah’s Water Tunnel

  27. Sennacherib’s Invasion of Judah • 2 Kings 18:13 • And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

  28. The Siege Of Lachish On The Lachish Reliefs

  29. Cyrus The Great • Isaiah 44:28 • Who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built,“ And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."'

  30. The Cyrus Cylinder

  31. Belshazzar In Babylon • Daniel 5:30 • That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

  32. Caiaphas The High Priest • Matthew 26:3 • Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

  33. The Bone Box of Caiaphas

  34. Pontius Pilate The Governor • Matthew 27:2 • And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

  35. Pontius Pilate The Governor

  36. Sergius Paulus The Proconsul of Cyprus • Acts 13:7 • 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

  37. Sergius Paulus The Proconsul of Cyprus

  38. The Bone Box of Joseph The Brother of Jesus • Galatians 1:19 • But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.

  39. The Bone Box of Joseph The Brother of Jesus

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