{"id":2863,"date":"2015-11-02T22:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T02:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2017-02-24T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T19:58:31","slug":"where-archaeology-meets-the-bible-middle-babylonian-period-1000-625-bce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2015\/11\/02\/where-archaeology-meets-the-bible-middle-babylonian-period-1000-625-bce\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Archaeology Meets The Bible: Middle Babylonian Period [1000 – 625 BCE]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The specific purpose and intent of this entry is to present research on biblical overlaps with archaeology.\u00a0Literature that falls in the category of mythical will not be covered even though there is a large amount of biblical and extra-biblical\u00a0literature that refers to the same events, such as creation and flood events. Information will be sectioned off into multiple posts, organized by date ranges.<\/p>\n

The first entry in this series (covering 1600 – 1160 BCE) can be read here —>\u00a0Where Archaeology Meets the Bible – Kassite Period<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that these entries are not exhaustive. Many many many more archaeological finds exist that tell the story. Most of the ones so far have been primarily Akkadian inscriptions but others will follow.<\/p>\n

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Middle Babylonian Period\u00a0[1000 – 625 BCE]<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The Middle Babylonian Period (1000 \u2013 625BC) was a time where many texts were produced that reinforced the accounts found in the Bible.We have military annals, palace inscriptions, war monuments, and much more preserved from this time period that pair up with the biblical accounts in the Old Testament. Just o help the reader, the time period in the Bible for the Middle Babylonian Period is roughly the same time period of Israel’s monarchy. This would be the time between King David and when the Israelites are taken captive by the Akkadians. Timeline is below.<\/p>\n

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The temple wall depicts a list of city states conquered by Shoshenq I in his Near Eastern military campaigns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shishak\u2019s Military Campaign in Israel<\/h3>\n
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In\u00a02 Chronicles 12:2\u20134 we read the story about the Egyptian attack on Jerusalem during the reign of Rehoboam, who reigned from about 975 BCE to 960 BCE. The biblical account of this attack is short.<\/a><\/p>\n

Because they had been unfaithful\u00a0to the\u00a0Lord<\/span>, Shishak\u00a0king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.<\/span>\u00a03\u00a0<\/span>With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans,\u00a0Sukkites and Cushites\u00a0that came with him from Egypt,<\/span>4\u00a0<\/span>he captured the fortified cities\u00a0of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 12:2\u20134 NIV<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This military campaign is verified by the inscriptions on the\u00a0Karnak temple of the god Amun in Thebes.\u00a0The temple inscription lists towns in the lands of Judea\u00a0and gives information about this Egyptian military campaign. In fact, the military account provides much more detail than the biblical account since it appears that Egypt was the victor.<\/p>\n

The inscription does list towns and places where the military campaign was carried out. The list includes many places in Israel, showing that Shishak also brought Jeroboam, king of Israel, to\u00a0a defeat, which was down-played drastically by the biblical account. Below is a list of some if the locations listed by the inscription as been defeated and destroyed in battle.<\/p>\n

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