Major Biblical Discovery Dug Up In Israel — Bad News For Palestinian Muslims

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An ancient seal of an Israelite king was discovered near the southern part of the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

Archaeologists have exhumed an ancient discovery which is the first of its kind. Much to the dismay of the Arab settlers, it proves Israel’s existence long before Palestine was even a thought.
Researchers were ecstatic to reveal that they have stumbled upon the first found seal of a biblical Israelite king.

A clay imprint from biblical King Hezekiah’s rule was recently found. It is the first official seal found of any of the Israelite kings.

Charisma News reports that the royal seal of King Hezekiah, who ruled around 700 B.C., has been added to the nation’s extensive collection of ancient artifacts.

Hezekiah ruled around 700 BC and was described in the Bible as a daring monarch—”There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him” (2 Kin. 18:5)—who was dedicated to eliminating idolatry in his kingdom.
“This is the first time that a seal impression of an Israelite or Judean king has ever come to light in a scientific archaeological excavation,” Mazar said.

The detailed clay seal, known as a bulla, was uncovered near the southern part of the wall surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City. It was mistakenly buried in a refuse dump around the time of the Israelite king. After five years of research, a team member was able to decipher the text.

The dots help separate the words: “Belonging to Hezekiah (son of) Ahaz king of Judah.”
“It’s always a question, what are the real facts behind the biblical stories,” Mazar said. “Here we have a chance to get as close as possible to the person himself, to the king himself.”

The incredibly detailed clay seal reads, “Belonging to Hezekiah (son of) Ahaz king of Judah,” confirming the biblical king’s reign.

However, this discovery not only has biblical significance, but is relevant to the Israel-Palestine conflict today.

The word “Palestine” is believed by many to be a name derived from the Egyptian and Hebrew term for “migrants” or “wanderers,” and comes from the biblical tribe of the Philistines, who were barbaric nomads determined to conquer the Israelites. However, as the Bible describes, the Philistines’ giant fighter, Goliath, was defeated by a shepherd named David, who went on to become the king of Israel in the 10th century B.C.

Still, this incredible seal precedes even the earliest mention of an official derivative of “Palestine,” in which the historian Herodotus called the area “Palaistinē” in the 5th century B.C., 200 years after King Hezekiah.

This means that there is tangible proof that an Israelite king ruled the area known as Israel today long before anyone mildly considered a Palestinian lived in the area.

Even then, the first Islamic Empire had not conquered the area until the Battle of Yarmouk in 636 A.D., a highlighted battle in the Muslim conquests of Syria. This led to Muawiyah I being named the Caliph, following his crowning in Jerusalem.

Historians and archaeologists are learning with each new discovery that the Bible is not only the world’s most influential book, but a measure by which they can accurately identify history and truth. Perhaps if more people read it, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in now.

Photo Credit [Charisma News, Haaretz]