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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:18 am
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Does this jasper seal actually mention the name of king Jeroboam?
The Megiddo Seal was discovered in 1904 by an archaeological team led by Gottlieb Schumacher. The discovery was determined to be a seal belonging to a royal minister in the 8th century BC.
It is engraved with the figure of a roaring lion (symbol of the kingdom of Judah) with a beautiful curved tail with beautiful workmanship. The Hebrew inscription on it reads "Shema" on top, and "Servant of Jeroboam" on the bottom.
"Shema servant of Yarob'oam"
The inscription actually proclaims the name and rank of its owner, one of the ministers of King Jeroboam II who reigned from 787-747 BC. The word "servant" is the Hebrew word "ebed" and is mentioned in the Bible as one of high dignity in the government. Many seals have been discovered with similar inscriptions like "the servant of the king." The Megiddo Seal with the Jeroboam Inscription is of great importance in Biblical Archaeology, it mentions one of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel.
2 Kings 14:23-25 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
Material: Jasper Seal Israel: Megiddo Babylonian Period Reign of Jeroboam, (8th cent. BC) Roaring Lion with curved tail Jasper, Inscription Oval-shaped, Scaraboid 1.2 H, 1.5 in W A single line encircles the seal (Babylonian Per. Hebrew Script) Discovered in 1904 Lost in Constantinople Archaeological Museum, Istanbul R: Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
The Kings of Israel (all wicked) Jeroboam I (933-911 BC) twenty-two years Nadab (911-910) two years Baasha (910-887) twenty-four years Elah (887-886) two years Zimri (886) seven days Omri (886-875) twelve years Ahab (875-854) twenty-two years Ahaziah (855-854) two years Jehoram (Joram) (854-843) twelve years Jehu (843-816) twenty-eight years Jehoahaz (820-804) seventeen years Jehoash (Joash) (806-790) sixteen years Jeroboam II (790-749) forty-one years Zechariah' (74 cool six months Shallum (74 cool one month Menahem (748-73 cool ten years Pekahiah (738-736) two years Pekah (748-730) twenty years Hoshea (730-721) nine years The Kings of Judah (8 were good) Rehoboam (933-916 BC) seventeen years Abijam (915-913) three years Asa (Good) (912-872) forty-one years Jehoshaphat (Good) (874-850) twenty-five years Jehoram (850-843) eight years Ahaziah (843) one year Athaliah (843-837) six years Joash (Good) (843-803) forty years Amaziah (Good) (803-775) 29 years Azariah (Uzziah) (Good) (787-735) fifty-two years Jotham (Good) (749-734) sixteen years Ahaz (741-726) sixteen years Hezekiah (Good) (726-697) 29 years Manasseh (697-642) fifty-five years Amon (641-640) two years Josiah (Good) (639-60 cool thirty-one years Jehoahaz (60 cool three months Jehoiachim (608-597) eleven years Jehoiachin (597) three months Zedekiah (597-586) eleven years
Source: http://www.bible-history.com/archaeology/israel/megiddo-seal-jeroboam.html
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