What Was True About the Hebrews? The biblical tale of Hebrews reveals many things about them, but how true is it? The evidence behind the Hebrews’ origins, power, and religion prove the Bible to be true. Biblical evidence about Canaan and archeological evidence lead to the conclusion that the Hebrews originated from outside of Canaan. Records of victory against the Israelites as well as the life and fall of David and Solomon’s Kingdom verifies that the Israelites were a powerful nation, but not consistently. Finally, studies about the Hebrew religion and history confirm that they were only polytheistic for a short time. Studies about Canaan prove that the Israelites originated from outside Canaan. Canaan was both the name of one of Noah’s
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The Merneptah Stele is a victory stele by Pharaoh Merneptah of Egypt, listing victories against other civilizations. The stele is hieroglyphs inscribed in stone and translates to a poetic text. The Egyptians wrote it in Thebes, which was where archeologists discovered it in a dig. They dated it back to 1208 B.C. and is the first mention of Israel outside of the Bible. Part of the end of the stele translates to “The Canaan has been plundered into every sort of woe: Ashkelon has been overcome; Gezer has been captured; Yano’am is made non-existent. Israel is laid waste and his seed is not;” The fact that they mention Israel along with other strong and powerful civilizations such as Libya proves that they were powerful enough to be in Egypt’s victory record. They were obviously proud of their victory and want to record it. But, after this battle, Israel fell and took years to rebuild and regain their power. Other steles about Israel are the Mesha Stele, the Shishak Inscription and the Tel Dan Stele. Scholars believe that King Hazael of Damascus in Syria wrote the Tel Dan Stele about his triumph over Israel and specifically the kings. Archeologists uncovered the stele in Northern Israel and dated it back to 840 B.C. The Tel Dan Stele is a broken stone table that was only partially recovered. Though they cannot read all of it, …show more content…
“Ancient Israel’s Golden Era came during the tenth century B.C., when David and Solomon ruled Israel and Israel dominated western Asia.” The kingdom of David and Solomon was huge and considered the strongest in all western Asia. But the most prized possession of their kingdom was the temple that Solomon built when he was king. 1 Kings 6:2 says, “The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.” But when the Babylonians invaded the kingdom, the first thing they went for was the temple. “The Temple, and the central religious organization too, was totally destroyed.” The Babylonians then took the Israelites to Babylon, where they stayed there for a long time. Proof of the power and destruction of David and Solomon’s Kingdom comes from archeological evidence. Eilat Mazar was digging in modern day Jerusalem, when she came across a huge ancient city underground. After uncovering the dirt and revealing the city, she hypothesized that this was King David’s Palace. They built it into the side of a hill with the temple at the top and followed every aspect of what the Bible said about the city, including signs of burning. To find out if this was the palace, she dated pottery that she found in the homes. She dated it back to 10th century B.C. which was the time of David and Solomon. King David and Solomon lived
The Merneptah Stele is a victory stele by Pharaoh Merneptah of Egypt, listing victories against other civilizations. The stele is hieroglyphs inscribed in stone and translates to a poetic text. The Egyptians wrote it in Thebes, which was where archeologists discovered it in a dig. They dated it back to 1208 B.C. and is the first mention of Israel outside of the Bible. Part of the end of the stele translates to “The Canaan has been plundered into every sort of woe: Ashkelon has been overcome; Gezer has been captured; Yano’am is made non-existent. Israel is laid waste and his seed is not;” The fact that they mention Israel along with other strong and powerful civilizations such as Libya proves that they were powerful enough to be in Egypt’s victory record. They were obviously proud of their victory and want to record it. But, after this battle, Israel fell and took years to rebuild and regain their power. Other steles about Israel are the Mesha Stele, the Shishak Inscription and the Tel Dan Stele. Scholars believe that King Hazael of Damascus in Syria wrote the Tel Dan Stele about his triumph over Israel and specifically the kings. Archeologists uncovered the stele in Northern Israel and dated it back to 840 B.C. The Tel Dan Stele is a broken stone table that was only partially recovered. Though they cannot read all of it, …show more content…
“Ancient Israel’s Golden Era came during the tenth century B.C., when David and Solomon ruled Israel and Israel dominated western Asia.” The kingdom of David and Solomon was huge and considered the strongest in all western Asia. But the most prized possession of their kingdom was the temple that Solomon built when he was king. 1 Kings 6:2 says, “The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.” But when the Babylonians invaded the kingdom, the first thing they went for was the temple. “The Temple, and the central religious organization too, was totally destroyed.” The Babylonians then took the Israelites to Babylon, where they stayed there for a long time. Proof of the power and destruction of David and Solomon’s Kingdom comes from archeological evidence. Eilat Mazar was digging in modern day Jerusalem, when she came across a huge ancient city underground. After uncovering the dirt and revealing the city, she hypothesized that this was King David’s Palace. They built it into the side of a hill with the temple at the top and followed every aspect of what the Bible said about the city, including signs of burning. To find out if this was the palace, she dated pottery that she found in the homes. She dated it back to 10th century B.C. which was the time of David and Solomon. King David and Solomon lived