Archeological Proof of the Kingdom of David

One thing I love about the Bible is that as time goes on, and as more and more archeological work is done, archeological discoveries confirm the historicity of the Bible.

One of the most famous such discoveries was the discovery of the ruins of a great Hittite civilization in Turkey. The Bible mentioned the Hittites as a great and powerful nation, but because no reference to them was found outside of the Bible and no remains of a great Hittite civilization had be found, the Hittites were used as an example of how the Bible was not historically accurate....UNTIL the Hittite capital and records were unearthed in Bogazkoy, Turkey in the early 20th century, and it was found that the Biblical descriptions of them really were accurate.

Another claim that has been brought against the historicity of the Bible is that there is very little historical record of the Kingdom of David mentioned in the Bible. There are records of Solomon, but very few of David, and for this reason, some have questioned whether David actually lived, or whether he was a purely legendary figure.

CNN put out this video recently about some archeological discoveries which could be proof of David and his kingdom.



I have great confidence in the Bible, and I'm sure that with time more and more archeological discoveries will be made that prove the Bible to be historically accurate.

Jewish Cemetery in Eger

There are very few Jews in Eger. Probably it would be better to say that Eger doesn't have very many Jews any more, because at one time there was a significant Jewish population here, which is now almost completely gone.

In Eger there were two synagogues - one which was very large, but neither of which are currently functioning - and a Jewish cemetery. Obviously some of the Jewish population left Hungary and went to Israel or the United States - others weren't so fortunate in how they ended up leaving this region... Eger is not so far from Krakow, and I have heard stories from people here about the sad fate of Jews from this area during World War II.

Here are some pics of Eger's Jewish cemetery. Notice that the writing on the gate is in English; I would guess that is for the sake of the Jewish families who now live abroad, and don't speak Hungarian, who come to visit the graves of their ancestors who used to live in Eger.