[Mickiel]

Archaeological discoveries often give additional information on old testament activities which may or may not be recorded in the bible directly, but fuse with it indirectly, and we just have to connect the lines of history. God was actively dealing with a nation on earth back then, oh how I wish he would do that now, but he is not, so we are left to trace his dealings in the past. Because thats how he wants us, now, to search and glean. For whatever reason.

The " Black Obelisk", of Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, was found in the ruins of his Palace at Calah, ( Nimrud). It shows officals of five different nations paying tribute to Shalnameser, one of whom is Israel's King Jehu, 2 Kings 9-10. Israel existed in our early times, it had Kings and subjects, geographic and events recorded in both biblical and secular history.

The Obelisk, six and one half feet tall, bears the only likeness that has ever been found of any Israelite King. These kinds of Archaeological finds cannot be ignored, they are pictures of our past, and they are connecting the Bible to our past. So many years ago, no one way back then was trying to " Formulate a giant Scheme" to fool the humans of the future. What was real, was real. In example, " Jacobs Well" was unearthed, we have it right now. Jesus is recorded in the bible in John 4:4-42, as encountering a woman at Jacobs well as he passed through Samaria. This well is still in use today, near the little village of " Sycar". Still there, still obvious geographic, still person, place and thing.

Peace.