Archaeologists and historians have been disputing for decades whether the description of Jerusalem in the Bible as a large city during the reigns of kings David and Solomon is accurate. Some skeptics have suggested that the biblical account is inaccurate and that Jerusalem was actually an insignificant town or village.
A recent scientific study conducted in Israel has confirmed the existence of a large urban area, as mentioned in the Scriptures. The study was carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. It aimed to connect the events mentioned in the Bible with the archaeological findings discovered in the city of David using scientific methods.
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has recently announced new research findings that shed light on a longstanding and controversial research question. The research concerns the nature and scope of Jerusalem during the reigns of David and Solomon and thereafter. According to the IAA’s news release, the new research findings indicate that there was a widespread settlement in Jerusalem during this period.
As part of the research, scientists studied grape seeds, date pits, bat skeletons, and other natural materials found in structures at four different excavation areas in the City of David on the eastern and western slopes.
According to an IAA news release, precise dating of many findings in the City of David was possible by measuring the amount of carbon in the organic material and calculating it along with other variables.
Researchers utilized ancient tree rings from Europe to create a precise timeline of single-year dates. From this timeline, it is possible to accurately learn about fluctuations in the percentage of carbon-14 in the atmosphere.
The organization used scientific methods to reconstruct the history of Jerusalem from 1200 BCE up to the Babylonian destruction in 586 BCE, even before the time of David and Solomon mentioned in the Bible.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a recent scientific study provides compelling evidence that the city was a significant urban center during the time of David and Solomon, contrary to the beliefs of scholars who are skeptical about the historical accuracy of the Bible.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is God-breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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