An archaeological dig was reported at the end of September to have unearthed artefacts supporting historical accounts written in the Bible.
New discoveries made at the Tel Lachish National Park in Israel support the biblical account of King Jehu’s destruction of Baal worship in Israel. The record in 2 Kings 10 tells how Jehu’s soldiers demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people then used it as a latrine. Just such a latrine has now been found during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), complete with marks where the horns – a symbol of Baal – had been removed from the stone. Other artefacts backing the biblical record in 2 Kings have been uncovered at the same site.
Matching up
Sa’ar Ganor, Excavation Director for the IAA, spoke of the importance of the discoveries, saying: ‘It means we have the evidence. The Bible and the archaeology are matching.’
