Shocking: they checked the identity of a king mentioned in the Bible that they considered "invented"

May 4, 2019

The experts found new evidence on a tablet discovered 3,000 years ago, proving that a former biblical king was actually a historical figure.

Technological advances are having an impact on the lives of today's human beings but also contributing to the reconstruction of the history of humanity. In this case, a group of researchers observed high quality images taken from a tablet discovered in the 19th century and They got new data that prove the real existence of a biblical king considered "invented".

This tablet suggests that Balak the king of the Moabites, an enemy of the ancient Hebrews, and mentioned in the Bible He could have been a real figure. Israeli archeologist Israel Finkelstein, historian Nadav Na'aman, both of Tel Aviv University, and biblical scholar Thomas Römer, badyzed the inscriptions of the wake of Meshawhich belongs to the ninth century before our era.

They opened an Egyptian tomb for thousands of years and what they found left everyone with open mouths.

The wake of Mesha It was discovered in the nineteenth century in the ruins of the biblical city of Dibon in Jordan and is now at the Louvre Museum in Paris. This stone, with inscriptions that tell the story of the territorial expansion of King Mesha of Moab, which is mentioned in the Bible.

This impressive archaeological relic was broken in 1869 and the missing parts were recovered for study through a copy made before its break, using a mold. The valuable information it contains about the history of ancient Israel constantly calls into question the accuracy of the sacred book of the Christian community.

The specialists studied the photographs in high resolution and there, they discovered that there are three consonants in the name of the king mentioned in line 31 and that the first is the Hebrew letter 'bet';, that his sound is similar to a "b".

The archaeological discovery that confirmed a story of the Bible

According to the specialist, the name would be on the monarch Balac, since the site mentioned in this line was at Horonaim, a place mentioned several times in the Bible in relation to the Moabite territory south of the Arnon River.

"Therefore, Balac could be a historical personality like Balaam, who before the discovery of Deir Alla's inscription, was considered an" invented "figure," suggest the authors. The impressive result of this research was published in the prestigious journal The journal of the Institute of Archeology.