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Zakkur Stele
Discovered: Tell Afis (ancient Hazrak/Hadrach), northwestern Syria; now in the Louvre Museum, Paris
From: (c. Early eighth century BC (approximately 800–780 BC))

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The Zakkur Stele is a damaged royal monument inscribed in Old Aramaic. It was discovered at Tell Afis in Syria in 1903. Its text was commissioned by Zakkur, ruler of Hamath and Luash, and recounts a siege of Hazrak by a coalition of neighboring kings led by Bar-Hadad, son of Hazael, ruler of Aram-Damascus.

Zakkur credits the god Baalshamayn with delivering him from his enemies. The inscription is a royal account of events and therefore reflects Zakkur’s own perspective. It is nevertheless an important contemporary source for the politics of the Syrian kingdoms.

2 Kings 13:3, 24–25 (Hazael and Ben-Hadad); Amos 1:3–5 (Damascus); Amos 6:2 (Hamath). These passages provide historical background and do not mention the stele itself.

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Much of what is described in Bible text is lost to history, requiring readers to assume the historicity of the scriptures.

However, many of the places and events described in the Old and New Testaments are periodically corroborated by archeological finds.

Some finds simply help us to better understand things from the ancient world. However, others provide important evidence as to the truth of scripture regarding things about which there had previously been skepticism.

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