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These are but a few of the thousands of prophecies that could be cited as to the testimony to the
accuracy of the Bible and a validation of the truth of God’s Word.

Five Prophecies the prove the Bible
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The Witness of Archeology

Archaeology is the study of non-perishable debris; the rubbish man has left behind him that has survived
the ravages of time. The initial motivation for digging up ancient civilizations was the desire for buried
treasure.

Today, however, the most modern scientific methods are used to recover the study the remains of the
past in order to achieve a better understanding of ancient people and their practices. The Middle East,
particularly the Palestinian area, is the subject of many archaeological excavations because of its
continuous history.

It is important to note that archaeology without history is
meaningless. All that archaeology can tell us is a sequence of
cultural development does not give us an exact chronology.
History gives us the chronology, the events, people, places.

What archaeology has done in the past 100 years is to verify
some of the history contained in the Bible. For instance, two of
the cities mentioned in the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah have
been for many years considered mythological.

However, recent excavations at Tell Mardikh, now known to be
the site of Ebla, uncovered about 15,000 tablets. Some of these have been translated, and mention is
made of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Places such as Haran, Hazor, Dan, Megiddo, Shechem, Samaria, Shiloh, Gezer, Gibeah, Beth Shemesh,
Beth Shean, Beersheba, Lachish, and many other urban sites have been excavated, quite apart from
such larger and obvious locations as Jerusalem or Babylon. Such geographical markers are extremely
significant in demonstrating that fact, not fantasy, is intended in the Old Testament historical narratives;
otherwise, the specificity regarding these urban sites would have been replaced by “Once upon a time”
narratives with only hazy geographical parameters, if any.

King Hezekiah of Judah ruled from 721 to 686 BC. Fearing a siege by the Assyrian king, Sennacherib,
Hezekiah preserved Jerusalem’s water supply by cutting a tunnel through 1,750 feet of solid rock from
the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam inside the city walls (2 Kings 20; 2 Chron. 32). At the Siloam end of
the tunnel, an inscription, presently in the archaeological museum at Istanbul, Turkey, celebrates this

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