2,500-Year-Old Seal Discovered

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2,500-Year-Old Seal Discovered

January 19, 2008


http://www.biblicalarcheology.net/archives/203


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2,500-Year-Old Seal of First Temple Family Mentioned in Nehemiah Discovered in Jerusalem: Teresa Neumann (January 18, 2008)



"One cannot help being astonished by the credibility of the Biblical source as seen by the archaeological find."

(Jerusalem)—A 2,500-year-old black stone seal bearing the name "Temech" on it was uncovered during an excavation near Jerusalem’s Dung Gate this week. (Photo: Edwin Trebels courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar)
The 7th chapter of the Book of Nehemiah indicates that the Temech family were servants of the First Temple who were sent into exile to Babylon following its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BC. and later returned to Jerusalem.....