First Temple seal found in Jerusalem
From the Jerusalem Post:
A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylonia has been uncovered in an archeological excavation in Jerusalem's City of David, a prominent Israeli archeologist said Wednesday.
The 2,500-year-old black stone seal, which has the name "Temech" engraved on it, was found earlier this week amid stratified debris in the excavation under way just outside the Old City walls near the Dung Gate, said archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar, who is leading the dig.
According to the Book of Nehemiah, the Temech family were servants of the First Temple and were sent into exile to Babylon following its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
I wonder if any JW's will look at the date of the First Temple destruction by the Babylonians and see it is not 607 BC as they have been taught by the Watchtower.
2 comments:
just add this to the thousands and thousands of cuneiform tablets and such that have unequivically disproved the 607 date. I wrote a blog on this recently. Check it out if you get a chance. And thanks for pointing this out!
neato!
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