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Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown? by Aren M. Maeir, Carl S. Ehrlich Three of the five cities of the famous Philistine Pentapolis have long been known—Ashkelon, Ashdod and Gaza. A fourth, Ekron, has recently been confirmed by an inscription, locating it at modern Tel Miqne. Gath, the fifth, remains somewhat of a mystery. We believe […]
Continue ReadingScripture Related to Earthquakes Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. ASV Zechariah 14:5 And ye shall flee […]
Continue ReadingElizabeth Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (p. 249). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. The first of the literary prophets, Amos preached in the northern kingdom of Israel during a relatively stable period in the reign of Jeroboam II, around 750 B.C.E., before the Assyrian threat became very apparent. In […]
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