Bible Archeology Discoveries

Nimrud Tablet
Discovered: Nimrud, Assyria (1850)
From: (c. 733 BC)
Current Home: British Museum

The Nimrud Tablet K.3751, also known as Kalhu Palace Summary Inscription 7 is an inscription on a clay tablet dated c. 733 BC from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (745 to 727 BC). It describes the first 17 years of Tiglath-Pileser III's reign and was likely composed in or shortly after his 17th year. It contains the first known archeological reference to Judah (Yaudaya or KUR.ia-ú-da-a-a).

It is the most detailed of Tiglath-Pileser III's summary inscriptions, and it contains the only known complete building account of Tiglath-Pileser III from Nimrud. The most well known excerpt of the text references to king Ahaz of Judah(written in the inscription as Jeho-ahaz, his longer name) .

"Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah."
2 Kings 23:31

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Notable Finds

Much of what is described in Bible text is lost to history, requiring readers to assume the historicity of the scriptures.

However, many of the places and events described in the Old and New Testaments are periodically corroborated by archeological finds.

Some finds simply help us to better understand things from the ancient world. However, others provide important evidence as to the truth of scripture regarding things about which there had previously been skepticism.

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