Thursday, 29 September 2016

When a king means business: Archaeologists find stone toilet that desecrated massive shrine

Archaeologists unearthing a stone toilet from a gate shrine at Tel Lachish, Israel

Known for his sweeping reforms and dedication to eradicating the pagan idolatry that had grown rampant during his father's reign, the methods employed by King Hezekiah, who ruled over the Kingdom of Judah from approximately 727–698 BCE, have been well-documented in the Book of Kings ("He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles…"), but this is the first time that evidence has emerged to support biblical assertions of his hardline stance against religious cults.

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