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A world-wide flood is described in Genesis 6-9. A number of ancient Babylonian documents have been discovered
which describe the same flood.
Sumerian tablets have recorded events giving a timeline of Kings before the flood and also
give a similar account in which a temple tower was destroyed by God and "scattered them abroad and made strange their speech."
Other examples of extra-Biblical confirmation of Biblical events:
Campaign into Israel by Pharaoh Shishak
(1 Kings 14:25-26), recorded on the walls of the Temple of Amun in Thebes, Egypt.
Revolt of Moab against Israel (2
Kings 1:1; 3:4-27), recorded on the Mesha Inscription.
Fall of Samaria (2 Kings 17:3-6, 24; 18:9-11) to Sargon II,
king of Assyria, as recorded on his palace walls.
Defeat of Ashdod by Sargon II (Isaiah 20:1), as recorded on his
palace walls.
Campaign of the Assyrian king Sennacherib against Judah (2 Kings 18:13-16), as recorded on the Taylor
Prism.
Siege of Lachish by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:14, 17), as recorded on the Lachish reliefs.
Assassination
of Sennacherib by his own sons (2 Kings 19:37), as recorded in the annals of his son Esarhaddon.
Fall of Nineveh as
predicted by the prophets Nahum and Zephaniah (2:13-15), recorded on the Tablet of Nabopolasar.
Fall of Jerusalem
to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kings 24:10-14), as recorded in the Babylonian Chronicles.
Captivity of Jehoiachin,
king of Judah, in Babylon (2 Kings 24:15-16), as recorded on the Babylonian Ration Records.
Fall of Babylon to the
Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:30-31), as recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder.
Freeing of captives in Babylon by Cyrus the
Great (Ezra 1:1-4; 6:3-4), as recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder.
The existence of Jesus Christ as recorded by Josephus,
Suetonius, Thallus, Pliny the Younger, the Talmud, and Lucian.
Forcing Jews to leave Rome during the reign of Claudius
(A.D. 41-54) (Acts 18:2), as recorded by Suetonius.
The palace at Jericho where Eglon, king of Moab, was assassinated
by Ehud (Judges 3:15-30).
The east gate of Shechem where Gaal and Zebul watched the forces of Abimelech approach the
city (Judges 9:34-38).
The Temple of Baal/El-Berith in Shechem, where funds were obtained to finance Abimelech's kingship
and where the citizens of Shechem took refuge when Abimelech attacked the city (Judges 9:4, 46-49).
The pool of
Gibeon where the forces of David and Ishbosheth fought during the struggle for the kingship of Israel (2 Samuel 2:12-32).
The Pool of Heshbon, likened to the eyes of the Shulammite woman (Song of Songs 7:4).
The royal palace at
Samaria where the kings of Israel lived (1 Kings 20:43; 21:1, 2; 22:39; 2 Kings 1:2; 15:25).
The Pool of Samaria where
King Ahab's chariot was washed after his death (1 Kings 22:29-38).
The water tunnel beneath Jerusalem dug by King
Hezekiah to provide water during the Assyrian siege (2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30).
The royal palace in Babylon
where King Belshazzar held the feast and Daniel interpreted the handwriting on the wall (Daniel 5).
The royal palace
in Susa where Esther was queen of the Persian king Xerxes (Esther 1:2; 2:3, 5, 9, 16).
The royal gate at Susa where
Mordecai, Esther's cousin, sat (Esther 2:19, 21; 3:2, 3; 4:2; 5:9, 13; 6:10, 12).
The Square in front of the royal
gate at Susa where Mordecai met with Halthach, Xerxes' eunuch (Esther 4:6).
The foundation of the synagogue at Capernaum
where Jesus cured a man with an unclean spirit (Mark 1:21-28) and delivered the sermon on the bread of life (John 6:25-59).
The house of Peter at Capernaum where Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law and others (Matthew 8:14-16).
Jacob's
well where Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman (John 4).
The Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, where Jesus healed a crippled
man (John 5:1-14).
The Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, where Jesus healed a blind man (John 9:1-4).
The tribunal
at Corinth where Paul was tried (Acts 18:12-17).
The theater at Ephesus where the riot of silversmiths occurred (Acts
19:29). - See picture at top
Herod's palace at Caesarea where Paul was kept under guard (Acts 23:33-35).
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The discovery of the Ebla archive in northern Syria in the 1970s has shown the Biblical writings concerning the Patriarchs
to be viable. Documents written on clay tablets from around 2300 B.C. demonstrate that personal and place names in the Patriarchal
accounts are genuine. The name "Canaan" was in use in Ebla, a name critics once said was not used at that time and
was used incorrectly in the early chapters of the Bible. The word "tehom" ("the deep") in Genesis 1:2
was said to be a late word demonstrating the late writing of the creation story. "Tehom" was part of the vocabulary
at Ebla, in use some 800 years before Moses. Ancient customs reflected in the stories of the Patriarchs have also been found
in clay tablets from Nuzi and Mari.
The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and
records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey. Many thought the Biblical references to Solomon's wealth were greatly exaggerated.
Recovered records from the past show that wealth in antiquity was concentrated with the king and Solomon's prosperity was
entirely feasible. It was once claimed there was no Assyrian king named Sargon as recorded in Isaiah 20:1, because this name
was not known in any other record. Then, Sargon's palace was discovered in Khorsabad, Iraq. The very event mentioned in Isaiah
20, his capture of Ashdod, was recorded on the palace walls. What is more, fragments of a stela memorializing the victory
were found at Ashdod itself.
Another king who was in doubt was Belshazzar, king of Babylon, named in Daniel 5. The
last king of Babylon was Nabonidus according to recorded history. Tablets were found showing that Belshazzar was Nabonidus'
son who served as coregent in Babylon. Thus, Belshazzar could offer to make Daniel "third highest ruler in the kingdom"
(Dan. 5:16) for reading the handwriting on the wall, the highest available position. Here we see the "eye-witness"
nature of the Biblical record, as is so often brought out by the discoveries of archaeology.
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Topics:
Fossils
Formation of Fossils
Dead Sea Scrolls, coins, etc.
Babylon
Dinosaurs
& Man
Walls of Jericho
Shark and Crocodile Fossils
Rare bird fossils found living today
Canyons
Chariot Wheels, horse bones, etc. found at the bottom of the Dead Sea + scripture of the Red Sea crossing
Sumerian tablets
Ebla archive
Jewelry
Sargon's palace in Khorsabad, Iraq. As mentioned
in Isaiah 20, his capture of Ashdod, recorded on the palace wall
Dr. Nelson Glick, Jewish Archaeologer
History
recorded outside the Bible from historians such as Josephus, Suetonius, Thallus, Pliny the Younger, the Talmud, and Lucian.
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