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Category Archives: Jerusalem
Poster Map of Jerusalem during the Time of Nehemiah, circa 445 B.C.
Author’s Note: This map draws heavily upon the careful work of Dr. Leen Ritmeyer (www.ritmeyer.com) regarding the probable location of gates, walls, and other features, though I have deviated at points from his data, based on my own research and conclusions. A wealth of archaeological evidence supports the existence and location of many of the […]
Nebuchadnezzar’s Final Campaign against Judah
2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah 39 The final collapse of the southern kingdom of Judah as an independent nation came at the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 B.C. Judah had already become a vassal of Egypt in 609 B.C. when King Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Neco at Megiddo (see “Josiah Battles […]
Sennacherib Attacks Judah
Isaiah 36-37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32 The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice […]
Poster Map of Paul’s Travels
Several years after Jesus ascended to heaven, a man named Paul (also called Saul) from Tarsus became a leading persecutor of Jesus’ followers (Acts 8:1-3; Philippians 3:6; 1 Timothy 1:13). He obtained permission from the high priest to arrest Jesus’ followers in Damascus and bring them back to Jerusalem. While he was traveling there, however, […]