Rare Find: Biblical Name Found on 3,000-Year-Old Jar in Israel

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Israels antiquities authority say that archeologists have made an astonishing discovery; a name found in the Bible inscribed on a 3,000 year old ceramic jar.

The name mentioned in the Bible is Eshbaal Ben Beda.

According to Fox News:

The name “Eshbaal Ben Beda” appears on a large ceramic jar. Eshbaal of the Bible was a son of King Saul.

Archaeologists Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor say the jar belonged to a different Eshbaal, likely the owner of an agricultural estate.

They said Tuesday it is the first time the name was discovered in an ancient inscription. It is one of only four inscriptions discovered from the biblical 10th century B.C. Kingdom of Judah, when King David is said to have reigned.

Archaeologists pieced together the inscription from pottery shards found at a 2012 excavation in the Valley of Elah in central Israel.

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