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King Jehoash of Israel archaeologically verified

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    “Jehoash was known for “his might” (2 Kings 14:15), and his kingdom expanded northward with his victory over the Aramaeans and to the south with his victory over Judah. Evidence for this expansion was discovered at Kuntillet ‘Ajrud, a fortress that acted as a cultic site on the southern border of Judah”. Bryan Windle     Bryan Windle wrote (August 13, 2021): King Jehoash: An Archaeological Biography – Bible Archaeology Report   King Jehoash: An Archaeological Biography   Jehoash was the second of four kings who descended from  Jehu  to reign as king of Israel (Jehoahaz, Jehoash,  Jeroboam II , and Zechariah); he ruled from ca. 798-782 BC. 1  The Bible summarizes his reign this way:   In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from a...
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Recognising the historical Daniel

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    by    Damien F. Mackey     A potential Babylonian name for Daniel’s Belteshazzar – amongst various possibilities – would be, say, Nabû-bul-li ṭ -su (Nabu-bullitsu), somewhat imperfectly transliterated as Belteshazzar. The name Nabu - bullitsu can be found listed e.g. in the Index (p. 159) of Sir W. Budge’s “Babylonian Life and History”.     Introduction   What are we looking for here?   Essentially, in the case of the historical Daniel, we would be hoping to find a governor of (the province of) Babylon, of very long floruit, at the time of King Nebuchednezzar ‘the Great’, the Chaldean (c. 600 BC). He ought to have a Belteshazzar like name (Daniel 1:7).   My revision will allow for this governor to be identified amongst the various alter egos that I have proposed for King Nebuchednezzar - great identities such as Esarhaddon; Ashurbanipal (and the like-named Ashurnasirpal); and Nabonidus. ...
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