Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

by Damien F. Mackey The high official Senenmut, often described as ‘the power behind the throne’ of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaohs, Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, was - according to my now very strong conviction - none other than King Solomon of Israel himself, lately most heavily involved also in Egyptian affairs. Senenmut, as Solomon, as we read in my article: Solomon and Sheba (4) Solomon and Sheba | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu faded from the Egyptian scene in about Year 16 of these Egyptian co-rulers. If this was the approximate time of Senenmut’s-Solomon’s death, then the 5th year of his son, Rehoboam, the year when Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and pillaged its Temple and palace: I Kings 14:25-26: “In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. He carried off the treasures of the Temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made” …. mus...

by Damien F. Mackey “The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego?” Daniel 1:7 William H. Shea has quite convincingly identified Daniel’s three Jewish colleagues, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, in the Babylonian records: William H. Shea’s hopeful historical evidence for Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (3) William H. Shea's hopeful historical evidence for Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu And I have proposed a historical identification of important royal significance for the “chief official” (Daniel 1:7 above), who is Ashpenaz: A Median connection needed for Neriglissar as Darius the Mede (3) A Median connection needed for Neriglissar as Darius the Mede | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu More recently, I have historically identified Daniel himself as the chronologically appropriate...

by Damien F. Mackey “Speculatively, we may identify Ubāru with the governor (or “commandant”) of Babylon who played an important role in the restoration of Babylon in Esarhaddon’s reign”. Amos Mikko Luukko and Greta Van Buylaere Introduction First of all I shall need to apply here, for background reference, some game-changing historical and geographical revision. If Ubāru was the biblical Daniel, then Esarhaddon, the king who appointed him as governor of Babylon, must have been the same as Nebuchednezzar the Chaldean. For we read that, owing to Daniel’s miraculous interpretation of the king’s Dream (Daniel 2:48-49): … the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court. ...

by Damien F. Mackey “As we know from the correspondence left by the roya1 physicians and exorcists … his days were governed by spells of fever and dizziness, violent fits of vomiting, diarrhoea and painful earaches. Depressions and fear of impending death were a constant in his life. In addition, his physical appearance was affected by the marks of a permanent skin rash that covered large parts of his body and especially his face”. Karen Radner Introduction As we proceed, we shall briefly recall the biblical “Nebuchednezzar” likenesses of three mighty kings, two of whom - Ashurbanipal and Nabonidus - I have identified as alter egos of Nebuchednezzar so-called II, and one of whom, Cambyses, at least remarkably shares in these likenesses. And I can mention, in passing, Artaxerxes (so-called) III, who has been likened to Cambyses. But I now think that there is more to be said. ESARHADDON, supposed father of Ashurbanipal (= Nebuchednezzar), will be found to have su...