The Bible is True History:

Archaeological Evidence for People in the Bible

The Bible is True History:2 Sam 7:11b-16

David

King of Aram defeats king of …

1993 9th century B.C.

The Bible is True History:1 Kgs 16:16; 2 Kgs 3:4

Omri

1868 I am Mesha…king of Moab… Omri was king of Israel and oppressed Moab many days Mesha stele or Moabite stone 840 B.C.; 1868

The Bible is True History:2 Kgs 10:28-33

Jehu Black Obelisk

Shalmaneser III of Assyria Jehu bows 825 B.C.; Nimrud, 1846 and brings tribute

The Bible is True History:2 Kgs 18:13-17; 19:32-36

Hezekiah Sennacherib conquered 46 strongholds…

and Hezekiah.. himself, like a bird in a cage, in Jerusalem, his royal city, I penned him.

Taylor Prism 691 B.C.; Nineveh, 1830

The Bible is True History:2 Kgs 24:10-11; 25:27-30

Jehoiachin

Jehoiachin Jehoiachin’s captured daily rations

Babylonian Chronicle Babylonian rations list history 605-594 B.C. 6th century B.C. translated 1956 found 1899-1917

The Bible is True History:Jn 18:14; Mt 26:57, 65-66

Caiaphas

His ossuary, a fancy “bone box”inscribed “Joseph Caiaphas”;contains bones of 60 yr old man

The Bible is True History:Lk 3:1; 23:20-25

Pontius Pilate

Pilate Stone building dedication Caesarea; 1961

The translation from Latin to English for the inscription reads:To the Divine Augusti [this] Tiberieum...Pontius Pilate...prefect of Judea...has dedicated [this]

The Bible is True History:Acts 13:6-12

Sergius Paulus

Inscription found just north of Paphos, Cyprus; 1877

The Bible is True History:Acts 18:12-16

Gallio

Delphi Inscription Delphi, Greece; 1905 letter written by Claudius Caesar

The Bible is True History:Romans 16:23

Erastus

Part of a pavement found near the theater which mentions "Erastus" who was the aedile of the city of Corinth. An "aedile" was in charge of the financial matters of the city — and was very wealthy. The pavement was laid about A.D. 50.

The Bible is True History!

• It is not a fairy tale, a myth, or a legend

• The door is left open for inspiration, that God, not man authored the Bible!