INSCRIPTION PROVES SITE OF BIBLICAL CITY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Archeologists have uncovered a stone block inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. with the name of the biblical city of Ekron and its kings - the first conclusive evidence CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. That which cannot be contradicted by any other evidence,; for example, a record, unless impeached for fraud, is conclusive evidence between the parties. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3061-62. of the Philistine city burned to the ground more than 2,500 years ago. Ekron is referred to in the Bible in I Samuel Noun 1. I Samuel - the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David 1 Samuel Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the , which tells of the Philistines capturing the Ark of the Covenant Ark of the Covenant In Judaism and Christianity, the ornate, gold-plated wooden chest that in biblical times housed the two tablets of the Law given to Moses by God. The Levites carried the Ark during the Hebrews' wandering in the wilderness. and taking it to Ekron. After a plague afflicted af·flict tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on. [Middle English afflighten, from afflight, the city, the ark was sent back to Judea. The five-line inscription, written in Phoenician script, was uncovered last week at a dig 25 miles south of Tel Aviv. The stone was found in the ruins of a temple built around 700 B.C. The inscription states that Achish, son of Padi, king of Ekron, built a temple dedicated to a goddess. Achish is the Phoenician version of the name Ikausu, who is mentioned in 7th century B.C. Assyrian writings as the king of Ekron. The temple, the palace it was part of and the entire city of Ekron were destroyed in 603 B.C. by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. The find confirms written accounts of Ekron and its kings, archeologist Seymour Gitin said Wednesday. It is also the first time archeologists have found the name of a biblical city and its kings at the actual site where the city was believed to have existed, he said. ``Something like this comes once in a lifetime,'' Gitin told the Associated Press. ``It helps with the identification of the site and helps to fill in a great deal of history from this very important period.'' |
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