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| Could this be the palace of King David? It certainly is a fortified structure |
Remember the Bible states
there will be an increase in knowledge in the End Times. I believe that
includes an increase in Biblical knowledge. Daniel 12:4 But thou, O
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
“Khirbet Qeiyafa is the best example exposed to date of a
fortified city from the time of King David,” said Yossi Garfinkel, a Hebrew
University archaeologist, suggesting that David himself would have used the
site. Garfinkel led the seven-year dig with Saar Ganor of Israel’s Antiquities
Authority.
The archeologists said
they have “unequivocal evidence,” discovering objects historically used by
Judeans on the site, and “no trace of pig remains”—pork, naturally, would not
have been found in King David’s palace. Not everyone agrees with the evidence,
however. Some believe that the palace could have belonged to a different
ancient ruler.
In
2005, another archeologist claimed to have found King David’s palace in East
Jerusalem, the New York Times reported. Those findings were met with uncertainty as
well.
Other scholars are skeptical that the foundation walls
discovered by the archaeologist, Eilat Mazar, are David’s palace. But they
acknowledge that what she has uncovered is rare and important: a major public
building from around the 10th century B.C., with pottery shards that date to
the time of David and Solomon and a government seal of an official mentioned in
the book of Jeremiah.
Garfinkel
and Ganor found a second large structure that is said to be a storage space for
the palace.
Recent excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, the first early Judean
city to be dated by 14C, clearly indicate a well planned fortified city in
Judah as early as the late 11th-early 10th centuries BC. This new data has far
reaching implication for archaeology, history and biblical studies.
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