Psalm 119160 By David Dann Is The Bible Reliable Psalm 119160 160 The entirety of Your word is truth And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever Is The Bible Reliable ID: 811582
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Is The Bible Reliable?
(Part 2)
Psalm 119:160
By David Dann
Slide2Is The Bible Reliable?
Psalm 119:160
160
The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever
.
Slide3Is The Bible Reliable?
Can the Bible be right religiously & wrong historically?
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Deuteronomy 32:4
4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He
.
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John 8:31-32
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
."
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What does the evidence say?
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The Bible Is Supported By Archaeology & Secular
History
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Slide10Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
Do the people, customs, and events fit in the proper time period?
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Flood(Genesis 6-9)
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Flood(Genesis 6-9)
Ancient
flood traditions
are
found
among nearly every
culture in the world.
Slide14Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Flood(Genesis 6-9)
Ancient
flood traditions
are
found
among nearly every
culture in the world.
All agree on
3
key features:
Universal destruction by water.
An ark, or boat is the means of escape.
A seed of mankind is preserved to
continue
the human race.
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Environment Of The Patriarchs
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Environment Of The Patriarchs
Widespread famines afflicted the world of the patriarchs, causing them to migrate (Genesis 12:10-20; 42:1-4; 43:1-2).
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Environment Of The Patriarchs
Beni
Hasan
Wall Paintings of Asian Semitics in
Egypt depict foreigners coming to Egypt during this time period.
Slide18Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Names Of The Patriarchs
Slide19Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Names Of The Patriarchs
Ancient Assyrian & Babylonian texts confirm that the names of the patriarchs belong to the time period.
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Behavior Of Abraham
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Behavior Of Abraham
Abraham’s concern over Sarah in Egypt (Genesis 12:11-13).
Slide22Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Behavior Of Abraham
Abraham’s concern over Sarah in Egypt (Genesis 12:11-13).
The ancient Babylonian
Code of Hammurabi
sheds light on Genesis 16:1-3.
Slide23Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Accounts Involving Isaac, Jacob, & Esau
Nuzi
Tablets
Slide24Is The Bible Reliable?
General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Accounts Involving Isaac, Jacob, & Esau
Esau’s birthright (Genesis 25:29-34).
Nuzi
Tablets
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Accounts Involving Isaac, Jacob, & Esau
Esau’s birthright (Genesis 25:29-34).
The Oral
Blessing (Genesis 27:1-40
).
Nuzi
Tablets
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Accounts Involving Isaac, Jacob, & Esau
Esau’s birthright (Genesis 25:29-34).
The Oral
Blessing (Genesis 27:1-40).
The Household
Idols (Genesis 31:17-42
).
Nuzi
Tablets
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Account Of Joseph
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Account Of Joseph
Sold for 20 pieces of silver (Genesis 37:28).
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
The Account Of Joseph
Sold for 20 pieces of silver (Genesis 37:28).
Rose to a prominent position in the Egyptian government (
Genesis
41:39-41).
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
Egypt, Israel, & Moses
Thutmose III
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
Egypt, Israel, & Moses
Israelite complaint over needing straw to make brick (Exodus 5:6-13).
Thutmose III
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General Confirmation Of O.T. History
Egypt, Israel, & Moses
Israelite complaint over needing straw to make brick (Exodus 5:6-13).
The census taken by Moses (Numbers 1-4).
Thutmose III
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Slide34Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Slide35Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Do the people, places, and events appear in other ancient records?
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Slide37Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Hazor (Joshua 11:1).
Megiddo (Joshua 12:21).
Jerusalem (Joshua 10:1).
Lachish (Joshua 10:3).
Dor
(Joshua 11:2).
Gaza (Genesis 10:19).
Karnaim
(Genesis 14:5).
Canaan (Genesis 11:31
).
Ebla Tablets
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Ur of Chaldees (Genesis 11:27-28; 12:1; Hebrews 11:9
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Haran (Genesis 11:31-32).
Hebron (Genesis 23:2).
Beersheba (Genesis 21:31).
Shechem
(Genesis 12:6).
Laish
(Judges 18:29).
Nineveh (Genesis 10:11).
Ekron
(Joshua 13:3
).
Jericho (Joshua 2:1).
Nineveh
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Haran (Genesis 11:31-32).
Hebron (Genesis 23:2).
Beersheba (Genesis 21:31).
Shechem
(Genesis 12:6).
Laish
(Judges 18:29).
Nineveh (Genesis 10:11).
Ekron
(Joshua 13:3
).
Jericho (Joshua 2:1).
Jericho
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Copper in Canaan (Deuteronomy 8:9
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Megiddo Horse Stables
Copper in Canaan (Deuteronomy 8:9).
Solomon’s horse stables in Megiddo
(
1 Kings 9:19
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Geography
Copper in Canaan (Deuteronomy 8:9).
Solomon’s horse stables in Megiddo
(
1 Kings 9:19
).
Jeroboam’s idolatrous high place at Dan (1 Kings 12:26-31).
“High Place” at Dan
Slide44Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Slide45Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Merneptah Stele mentions Israel (13th century B.C
.).
Slide46Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Merneptah Stele mentions Israel (13th century B.C
.).
Moabite Stone of
Mesha
refers
to Israelite king
Omri
(1 Kings 16:16) and
his
son (1 Kings 21:25).
Moabite Stone
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Assyrian king Shalmaneser
III makes reference to
Hazael’s
usurpation of Ben-
Hadad
(
2 Kings 8:15
).
Slide48Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Assyrian king Shalmaneser
III makes reference to
Hazael’s
usurpation of Ben-
Hadad
(
2 Kings 8:15
).
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III speaks
of
Jehu’s tribute to
Assyria (2
Kings 9:1-10).
Black Obelisk
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Records of
Assyrian king
Tiglath
Pileser
III
mention Israelite kings
Menahem
,
Pekah
,
and
Hoshea
(
2 Kings 15:29-30
).
Slide50Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Records of
Assyrian king
Tiglath
Pileser
III
mention Israelite kings
Menahem
,
Pekah
,
and
Hoshea
(
2 Kings 15:29-30
).
Records of Sennacherib refer to Hezekiah’s tribute
to
Assyria (2 Kings 18:14-16
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Taylor Prism of Sennacherib
harmonizes with
Biblical account of his unsuccessful siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18; 19:35-36
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Hezekiah’s tunnel
(
2 Kings 20:20
).
Slide53Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Hezekiah’s tunnel
(
2 Kings 20:20
).
Shebna’s tomb (Isaiah 22:15
).
Slide54Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Hezekiah’s tunnel
(
2 Kings 20:20
).
Shebna’s tomb (Isaiah 22:15
).
Babylonian king Merodach-Baladan (2 Kings 20:12).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The records of king Esarhaddon of Assyria agree with Biblical accounts
(
2 Kings
19
:36-37
;
2
Chronicles 33:10-11).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (2 Kings 25
).
Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (2 Kings 25
).
The Babylonian Chronicle mentions Nebuchadnezzar’s removal of
Jehoiachin
as
king
of Judah
(
2 Kings 24:17
).
Babylonian Chronicle
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
Seals inscribed with the names of
Gemariah
, king
Jehoiakim’s
scribe (Jeremiah 36:10), Baruch, who was Jeremiah’s scribe
(36:4
),
Gedaliah the
governor
(40:5
), and Ishmael, the son of
Nethaniah
(41:2
) who assassinated him
.
Gemariah
Baruch
Gedaliah
Slide59Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The list of rations Babylonian king Evil-
Merodach
appointed for
Jehoiachin
while captive in Babylon (2 Kings 25:27-30).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The Cyrus Cylinder confirms king Cyrus of Persia and his lenient stance toward captive nations (2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-4
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The
Behistun
Rock confirms the reign of Darius the Great (Ezra 5-6
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The Persian king Ahasuerus of the book of Esther has been identified
in
secular history as
“
Xerxes,” who
was
succeeded by his son, Artaxerxes (Neh. 2:1
).
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The Elephantine papyri confirm the existence of
Sanballat
of Samaria (
Nehemiah
4:1
).
Elephantine Papyri
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Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament People
The Elephantine papyri confirm the existence of
Sanballat
of Samaria (
Nehemiah
4:1
).
The Zenon
papyri confirm the
existence
of
Tobiah
the Ammonite
(Nehemiah 4:3
).
Zenon Papyri
Slide65Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Events
Slide66Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Events
First century, A.D. Jewish historian Josephus wrote of evidence of destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah and stated that traces of the destroyed cities could still
be
seen in his day, while the first century A.D. Roman historian Tacitus speaks of these cities as having been “consumed by lightning” and also affirms that their ruins were visible in his day.
Tacitus
Slide67Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Events
Widespread worship of the pagan deities Baal (Judges 2:13), Dagon, and
Ashtaroth
(1 Samuel 31:10) in Canaan
.
Baal
Dagon
Ashtaroth
Slide68Is The Bible Reliable?
Specific Confirmation Of O.T. History
Old Testament Events
Three phases of the Babylonian captivity of Judah (
Daniel
1:1-6;
Ezekiel
1:1-3; 2
Chronicles 36:15-21
) have been confirmed through the “
Bayblonian
Chronicle,” the “Chronicles of the Chaldean Kings,” and the “Lachish Letters
.”
Lachish
Letters
Babylonian
Chronicle
Slide69You can trust the Bible!!!