The Watchman On The Wall

The Watchman On The Wall
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Verse 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Monday, July 22, 2013

King David's Palace Found?

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.
AP has reported that just 18 miles southwest of Jerusalem in Khirbet Qeiyafa, archeologists from Hebrew University and Israel Antiquities Authorities believe that they have found King David’s palace.

“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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