The artefact in question is a seal bearing the name of Hezekiah, the 13th king of Judah whose name is featured in the Old Testament.
An archaeological find made in Jerusalem, linked to a certain king mentioned in the Old Testament, may help validate the Bible’s “historical accuracy”, the Daily Express reports, citing Professor Tom Meyer, theologian at Shasta Bible College and Graduate School in California.
According to the newspaper, Meyer pointed at the discovery of “a clay bulla or round seal dating to the eighth century BC”, during excavations “in the Ophel – the raised area between the City of David and the Temple Mount”, with the item in question being “inscribed with the name of its owner: Hezekiah” – the 13th king of Judah, whose reign has been dated to between 715 and 686 BC.
Such seals, the newspaper notes, were – “in a Biblical context” – often engraved with their owner’s name and “other ornate decorations”, with Meyer adding that “the Hezekiah seal was at one time inserted into a ring as the depressions around the seal demonstrate”.
The scholar also argued that the “wealth of data” discovered in Jerusalem by archaeologists allows one to “measure the Bible’s historical accuracy”.
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