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Innovative technology used by Israeli researchers to examine the bricks of the city has confirmed the veracity of an event described in 2 Kings 12.
The 12th chapter of 2 Kings depicts the time of King Jehoash’s reign over Judah(835-796 BCE). The final part of this chapter (2 Kings 12:17-18) describes Hazael, the king of Aram, invading the land of the Philistines and Judah. Having sacked the Philistine city of Gath (then the most powerful and largest in the region), he turned his army toward Jerusalem.
Jehoash (also called Joash), wanting to avoid the sacking of the capital, offered the invader a gigantic ransom, part of which was the gold adorning the temple in Jerusalem. Thereupon Aram’s armies retreated, but the Judean king paid for his decision with his death at the hands of his own servants, who were angered by the profanation (2 Kings 12:20-21).
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The 12th chapter of 2 Kings depicts the time of King Jehoash’s reign over Judah(835-796 BCE). The final part of this chapter (2 Kings 12:17-18) describes Hazael, the king of Aram, invading the land of the Philistines and Judah. Having sacked the Philistine city of Gath (then the most powerful and largest in the region), he turned his army toward Jerusalem.
Jehoash (also called Joash), wanting to avoid the sacking of the capital, offered the invader a gigantic ransom, part of which was the gold adorning the temple in Jerusalem. Thereupon Aram’s armies retreated, but the Judean king paid for his decision with his death at the hands of his own servants, who were angered by the profanation (2 Kings 12:20-21).
The destruction of Gath by fire
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Archaeologists confirm biblical story of destruction of Gath
Innovative technology used by Israeli researchers to examine the bricks of the city has confirmed the veracity of an event described in 2 Kings 12.
aleteia.org
