It seems that soon after the events of the man of God recorded in 1 Kings 13, Jeroboam received another jolt – his son was struck with a serious sickness (1 Kings 14:1). The word used of the age of his son in verse 12 is used of Ishmael at 17 years old and it is quite feasible that he was a teenag…
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Evidence of Joseph’s rule in Egypt
Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper has reported that archaeologists have discovered what they describe as “ancient Egyptian coins” bearing the name and image of Joseph in the collection of the Museum of Egypt in Cairo (“Archeologists find ‘Joseph-era’ …
Excavations in Jerusalem over recent years have uncovered evidence that confirms Jeremiah’s record of the last years of the Kingdom of Judah.
For example, Eilat Mazar’s excavations of the City of David at Jerusalem have yielded two small clay bullae (seal impressions) that bear the names of p…
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When the Queen of Sheba made her celebrated visit to king Solomon, the Bible records that among other gifts, she brought “very much gold, and precious stones” (1 Kings 10:2). Indeed, the record goes on to say that she gave Solomon “an hundred and twenty talents of gold” (1 Kings 10:10). It n…
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