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A pottery shard was recently found on a hilltop above the valley where David is said to have battled Goliath, this find lends support to Biblical history. The pottery shard contains 5 lines of Hebrew text and Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology says that this could be the most important archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Yosef and his team believe the text may provide evidence for a real-life King David. It may surprise many Christians but outside the ancient scriptures of the Bible, which I believe to have historical as well as spiritual importance, there is little archaeological evidence for the Kingdom of David.

The 3,000 year old shard was found during excavations of the Elah Fortress, the oldest known biblical age fortress. The Elah Fortress dates back to the 10th century B.C.

Carbon dating of olive pits found at the site, as well as analysis of the pottery remains, also place the Hebrew text between 1000 B.C. and 975 B.C., the time King David would have lived.

The exact nature of the text which is believed to be Hebrew written in Proto-Canaanite script has yet to be determined, but a number of root words have already been translated, including “judge,” “slave,” and “king.”

If you are interested in other documents that have been found to back the Bible then check out this timeline.