Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

by Damien F. Mackey King Josiah of Judah appears so similar to King Hezekiah of Judah because King Josiah was King Hezekiah. Reading through Keith Lannon’s July 22nd article: https://thelonghaulwithisaiah.wordpress.com/2023/07/22/173-hezekiah-and-josiah-similarities-differences/ 172. Thoughts on Hezekiah and his similarities with Josiah and appreciating the author’s recognition of likenesses between Hezekiah and Josiah - as many commentators, indeed, have perceived - yet further confirmed me in my view (not that I actually needed it) that Josiah was Hezekiah. This radical new view affecting the historical sequence of the Kings of Judah, which must necessarily involve, as well, kings reigning before and after Hezekiah/Josiah, I have tried to spell out in various articles, perhaps the most comprehensive of these being the following one of a specially personal nature: Damien F. Mackey’s A Tale of Two Theses (3) Damien F. Mackey's A Tale of Two Theses | Damien Macke...

“The stamped bulla served as both a signature and as a means of ensuring the authenticity of the documents”. Robin Ngo For a greatly enlarged King Hezekiah of Judah, see e.g. my article: Damien F. Mackey’s A Tale of Two Theses (1) Damien F. Mackey's A Tale of Two Theses | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu Taken from: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/king-hezekiah-in-the-bible-royal-seal-of-hezekiah-comes-to-light/ King Hezekiah in the Bible: Royal Seal of Hezekiah Comes to Light Hezekiah in the Bible and on the ground Robin Ngo March 03, 2024 …. HEZEKIAH IN THE BIBLE. The royal seal of Hezekiah, king of Judah, was discovered in the Ophel excavations under the direction of archaeologist Eilat Mazar. Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar; photo by Ouria Tadmor. The royal seal of King Hezekiah in the Bible was found in an archaeological excavation. The stamped clay seal, also known as a bulla, was discovered in the Ophel excavations led by Dr. Eilat Mazar ...

by Damien F. Mackey ‘O FAIREST AMONG WOMEN’. Song of Songs 1:8 She is a Shunammite (not a “Shulammite”. e.g., ‘belonging to Solomon’), simply because she, Abishag, came from the town of Shunem (in northern Israel). Shumen is the town where the prophet Elisha will be hospitably accommodated by a ‘Great Woman’, whose son Elisha would revive after the son had died (2 Kings 4:8-37). A tradition has it that this rich woman of Shunem was a sister of Abishag. But at least a century separates them. Despite Abishag’s living in Shunem, her name may not be Hebrew. According to John L. Mackenzie (The Dictionary Of The Bible, p. 4): “Abishag … [the] meaning [is] uncertain”. Now, at this same period of time - in King David’s old age (but he was then closer to 60 than to 70) - there was a girl the description of whom was similar to that of Abishag, one who, though, had a Hebrew name, “Tamar” (תָּמָר: meaning “date palm”, or “palm tree”). We learn about Tamar in 2 Samuel 13 (wh...

“In fact, in Josippon ben Gorion’s version of War, he says that from the top of the temple’s east wall, the water in the Kidron Brook could be seen running at one cubit’s distance from the wall”. Marilyn Sams Taken from: https://www.academia.edu/14532171/The_Temple_Mount_in_the_City_of_David_Ancient_Authenticating_Descriptions with a few comments added: The Temple Mount in the City of David: Ancient Authenticating Descriptions by Marilyn Sams Ancient descriptions of the Jerusalem Temple Mount are incompatible with the current identification and location of it in Jerusalem, which is a long-standing tradition only, entirely dependent on the undocumented proposition that during the time of David or Solomon the northern walls of the City of David/Jerusalem were broken down to append a large northerly extension for the temple and acropolis. Instead, ancient descriptions of the boundaries of the City of David/Jerusalem delimit it to the southeastern hill, with no n...

by Damien F. Mackey The name, Kar Nuhašše, or Kar Nuhašša, looks to me suspiciously like the name of the land of uncertain location, Tarḫuntašša, which I have previously identified with Karduniash. For this land, another of ancient history’s many poorly known (“little is known of”) locations, I need to resort to the Wikipedia article, “Nuhašše”, for an approximate area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuha%C5%A1%C5%A1e Nuhašše (kurnu-ḫa-áš-še; kurnu-ḫa-šeki), was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. It was east of the Orontes River bordering Aleppo (northwest) and Qatna (south). It was a petty kingdom or federacy of principalities probably under a high king. Tell Khan Sheykhun has tenatively been identifed as kurnu-ḫa-šeki.[1] Name, borders and society …. The Semitic name "Nuhašše" means "rich, prosperous".[2] Nuhašše stretched from the Euphrates valley in the east to the Orontes valley in the west between Hama...

by Damien F. Mackey “The main city was named Ugulzat …. Hittite texts mention the "Kings of Nuhašše", indicating that the region consisted of a number of petty kingdoms that might have formed a confederacy; one of the monarchs took the role of primus inter pares (first among equals),[5] and resided in Ugulzat.[3]” Wikipedia The capital city of the mighty Akkadian kingdom, namely AKKAD (Sumerian Agade), I determined to have been the important port city of Ugarit (var. IKAT): My road to Akkad (5) My road to Akkad | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu Ugarit (Akkad) was in what was, or became, a separate land in antiquity. That region would come to be known as Nuḫašše. Ancient regions such as NW Syria, which were affected variously by Mitanni, Hittites, Assyria, and Egypt, would have been known under different names. For instance, the region that included Ugarit and Qatna was known as Nuḫašše. According to the Wikipedia article, “Nuhašše”: Nuhašše - Wikipedia ...

by Damien F. Mackey “It is likely that Iny travelled to Anatoly by land before Weni led several mighty military expeditions by land and sea against “native” countries, which were not specified in his biographical inscription, but the word “native” … is the same used for people to be brought to Egypt from Hundašša”. Alessandro Roccati Upon reading through Alessandro Roccati’s absorbing paper: Iny’s Travels (3) Iny's Travels | Alessandro Roccati - Academia.edu finding common purpose in Iny’s adventures, by way of comparison with those of Weni - and throwing in Sinuhe, to boot - it occurred to me that Iny most likely was Weni. The latter, as well as Sinuhe (a semi-fictitious character along the lines of Imhotep at the hands of later scholars), I have already identified as the biblical Moses: Historical Moses may be Weni and Mentuhotep (2) Historical Moses may be Weni and Mentuhotep | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu Since Iny served during the same Sixth Dynasty per...