„И Господ баци на њих камење велико из неба“ (ИНав 10, 11)
And the Lord Threw Down Huge Stones from Heaven ( Josh 10:11)

Archaeological Excavations at Tel Azekah from the Biblical Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In the heart of the Judean Lowlands there is a hill that hides many secrets from the ancient past of the Southern Levant: Tel Zakariya, as the locals have called it for years, that is, biblical Azekah, the famous city where David overcame Goliath. The prophet Jeremiah also wrote about the same place when he talked about the fate of Judah and King Zedekiah himself, which, based on Assyrian sources, was completely destroyed by King Sennacherib. In 2012, archaeologists began extensive excavations at this site and to this day have uncovered many mysteries that the earth was hiding for hundreds of years. This article will try to provide an overview of the biblical texts that write about Azekah, and then to present some of the contemporary archaeological discoveries. Finally, since the excavations are still active, and they are planed for the next few seasons, the idea of this study is to analyze the biblical text through the googles of current discoveries.

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