Thursday, April 30, 2009

Official from the time of Hezekiah identified

In Isaiah 22:15, the prophet chastises several officials of Hezekiah for their opulence. One such individual was Shebna (or Shebnayahu with the theophoric yahu attached). Well in 1870 a tomb from preexilic Judah was discovered, but was not translated until 1953. It was a tomb for "Shebna, the servant of the King, who is over the house" and is almost certainly the Shebna from Isaiah 22. More recently some seals from the same period have come to light and Biblical Archaeology Review has a good article on tracking down Shebna.
This is just another instance where the Bible accurately recorded of very minor detail.
If it gets the minor details correct, what about the major ones?
Check out the BAR article here.

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