1. The Bible is True History: Archaeological Evidence for People in the Bible

2. The Bible is True History: 2 Sam 7:11b-16 David King of Aram defeats king of … 1993 9 th century B.C.

3. The Bible is True History: 1 Kgs 16:16; 2 Kgs 3:4 Omri 1868 I am Mesha…king of Moab… Omri was king of Israel and oppressed Moab many days Mesha stele or Moabite stone 840 B.C.; 1868

4. The Bible is True History: 2 Kgs 10:28-33 Jehu Black Obelisk Shalmaneser III of Assyria Jehu bows 825 B.C.; Nimrud, 1846 and brings tribute

5. The Bible is True History: 2 Kgs 18:13-17; 19:32-36 Hezekiah Sennacherib conquered 46 strongholds… and Hezekiah.. himself, like a bird in a cage, in Jerusalem, his royal city, I penned him. Taylor Prism 691 B.C.; Nineveh, 1830

6. The Bible is True History: 2 Kgs 24:10-11; 25:27-30 Jehoiachin Jehoiachin Jehoiachin’s captured daily rations Babylonian Chronicle Babylonian rations list history 605-594 B.C. 6 th century B.C. translated 1956 found 1899-1917

7. The Bible is True History: Jn 18:14; Mt 26:57, 65-66 Caiaphas His ossuary, a fancy “bone box” inscribed “Joseph Caiaphas”; contains bones of 60 yr old man

8. The Bible is True History: Lk 3:1; 23:20-25 Pontius Pilate Pilate Stone building dedication Caesarea; 1961 The translation from Latin to English for the inscription reads: To the Divine Augusti [this] Tiberieum...Pontius Pilate...prefect of Judea...has dedicated [this]

9. The Bible is True History: Acts 13:6-12 Sergius Paulus Inscription found just north of Paphos, Cyprus; 1877

10. The Bible is True History: Acts 18:12-16 Gallio Delphi Inscription Delphi, Greece; 1905 letter written by Claudius Caesar

11. The Bible is True History: Romans 16:23 Erastus Part of a pavement found near the theater which mentions "Erastus" who was the aedile of the city of Corinth. An "aedile" was in charge of the financial matters of the city — and was very wealthy. The pavement was laid about A.D. 50.

12. The Bible is True History! It is not a fairy tale, a myth, or a legend The door is left open for inspiration, that God, not man authored the Bible!