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IVORIES FOUND AT SAMARIA AND NIMRUD CONFIRM BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS

IVORIES FOUND AT SAMARIA AND NIMRUD CONFIRM BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS

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“All your words are true”—Psalm 119:160 NIV

“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever”—1 Peter 1:24,25 NIV

The Bible documents the age-old trade and use of ivory. The unified 12 tribe kingdom under Solomon’s peaceful 40 year reign gained great material prosperity. 

“The king [Solomon] had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Ince every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons”—1 Kings 10:22 NIV read more

EVIDENCE of the GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN AMOS & ZECHARIAH

EVIDENCE of the GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN AMOS & ZECHARIAH

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“The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa–the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel”—Amos 1:1 NIV

Recent geological studies have detected a massive seismic event, apparently a huge 8.2 earthquake, in the area where Amos lived. This event, which has been dated to around 760-750 BCE,  which was during the latter part of the long reign of Judean king Uzziah (792–740 BCE), and was the largest ever detected on the Dead Sea transform fault.  read more

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