Seal of Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, King of Judah (Discovered)

Hezekiah Seal

Another great archaeological discovery that continues to prove the Bible is accurate.

“Archaeologists deciphered a seal impression bearing the name of the 8th century BCE biblical King Hezekiah recently found during excavations next to the Old City of Jerusalem, the Hebrew University announced Wednesday.

The bulla, a stamp seal impression, was one of dozens found in recent years in a royal building in the Ophel, excavation leader Dr. Eilat Mazar said at a press conference held at the Mount Scopus campus, and bears the name “Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz, king of Judah,” an 8th century Judean ruler.

Mazar called the artifact ‘the closest as ever that we can get to something that was most likely held by King Hezekiah himself.’ She said that the bulla ‘strengthens what we know already from the Bible about [Hezekiah].'”

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