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Yesterday we went to the region of Benjamin. My favorite site was of Jericho (Old Testament). I liked seeing how Archaeology reveals the city of Jericho was destroyed when the walls around the entire city fell down and the city was burned, exactly as the Biblical account states.
Usually, when armies took over the cities, they would make a hole in the wall and conquer from there... furthermore they would loot whatever was in the city. In this case, Jericho's entire brick wall fell down at the exact same time around the year 1400 BC' ish. In addition to that, wheat and barley were found stored in pottery jars that were burned when the city was burned. Could this be because the Israelites offered up Jericho to God as their first fruits offering??? It was custom to offer something to God at the beginning of harvest season. Normally, all food would have been taken in a war. This does tell us that the time of year is consistent with the Biblical account as well- It was harvest time.
A famous Archaeologist, Kenyon came along and said the dates did not match to the Joshua account- however the sequence does. She, I feel, had an agenda to try and disprove the Bible based off of information that she didn't find instead of looking at what she did find. The old wall was found collapsed in around the entire city, a burn layer was found on top, and no cities existed on top of that city (following the understanding that if anyone built, they would be cursed as it says in Joshua 6).
Kenyon, uncovered the oldest building in the world in Jericho. It is a Neolithic Tower, which makes Jericho the oldest city in the world dating back to at least 9500 BC.
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