Bible Archeology Discoveries

Nineveh Slab
Discovered: Nineveh, Assyria
From: (c. 700 BC)
Current Home: British Museum

This slab was removed from beneath the belly of a huge, stone winged bull decorating the wall in the Palace of Sennacherib in Nineveh. The inscription describes the Assyrian king's war of destruction in Judah and his demolition of Lachish. It also claims to have trapped the Judean king Hezekiah within his city (Jerusalem), but does not claim to have taken the city.

This extra-biblical source provides corroboration for biblical accounts found in Isaiah 36-37, 2 Kings 18-19 and 2 Chronicles 32.

"After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.
So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?"
2 Chronciles 32:1-4

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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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