Biblical confirmations

Submitted by Lujack Skylark (United States), May 7, 2010 at 13:38

There are 521 years from the Exodus to Rehoboam's 5th year when Egyptian pharaoh Shishak attacks Israel. 1 Kings 6:1 & 1 Kings 14:25. 480 years plus 36 more years for king Solomon, plus Rehoboam's 5th year = 521 years. Shishak was the first Egyptian pharaoh of Libyan orgin. Maybe the Egyptian kings knowing the truth about God's 10 plagues upon Egypt knew better than to attack Israel. What happened in those 521 years?

(1) Cushan-rishathaim Judges 3:8 attacked Israel. Cushan-Rishathaim was the Mitanni king Tushratta related to Egyptian king Akenaton. After Tushratta is out of power Hittites and Egyptians fight for control over Lebanon and Israel sees no Egyptian troops on their land.

(2) Hittite king Hattusilas III receives Lebanon as a gift from Ramses II. Hattusilas III son Tudhaliyas III gives away Lebanon to the Amorites in a military alliance against the Assyrian king Shalmanesar I.

(3) Amorite/Canaanite Jabin in Hazor oppresses the Israelites. No Egyptian troops mentioned.

(4) The Midianites oppress Israel allied with the children from the east. (Judges 6:3-4) Children from the east (Syria) were fleeing Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta. No Egyptian troops in Israel. Egyptian queen Tausert has an affair with her Syrian butler Bay. Gideon wins victory against these enemies.

(5) Judge Jair (Judges 10:3-4) built 30 cities. Israel becoming a land of small town urban centers over 200 years after the Exodus. Reason archaeologist try to date Exodus to Ramses II cause of the lateness of these small towns. (Thutmose III was the pharaoh of the Exodus.)

(6) Ammon oppresses Israel. (Judges 10:7) No Egyptian troops mentioned.

(7) Philistines oppress Israel. No Egyptian troops mentioned.

(8) During the reigns of king Saul, David and Solomon no Egyptian troops are mentioned.

(9) These are the major reasons why there are no Egyptian pharaoh or troops mentioned. There is no conflict with our Holy Scriptures.

(10) The Book of Judges needs to be looked at more closely; the book of Judges supports ancient history.

Our world should view the Jewish book more closely. Why are the nation's embracing the Arafat lies? Why are historians denying Jewish history? One needs to look in the old history books before they are rewritten by Saudi Arabian sponsors.

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