First Temple Wall Found In City Of David
Pastor Dale Morgan
First Temple Wall Found In City Of David
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Mar 30th, 2007 7:27 AM
Etgar Lefkovits, THE JERUSALEM POST
A wall from the First Temple was recently uncovered in Jerusalem's City
of David, strengthening the claim that it is the site of the palace of
King David, an Israeli archeologist said Thursday.
The new find, made by Dr. Eilat Mazar, a senior fellow at the Shalem
Center's Institute for the Archeology of the Jewish People, comes less
than two years after she said she had discovered the palace's location
at the site just outside the walls of the Old City.
The monumental 10th century BCE building found by Mazar in 2005
following a six month dig has ignited debate among archaeologists about
whether it is indeed the palace built for the victorious David by King
Hiram of Tyre as recounted in Samuel II:5.
A 20-meter-long section of the 7-meter-thick wall has now been
uncovered. It indicates that the City of David once served as a major
government center, Mazar said.
Mazar estimates less than a quarter of the entire wall has been
uncovered so far, and says that it is the largest site from King David's
time ever to have been discovered.
The dig is sponsored by the capital's Shalem Center, with academic
backing from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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