Here we go: http://www.middleeast.com/tyre.htm
So, I have now demonstrated that Nebuchadnezzar did not destroy Tyre. He may have ruined part of it, but certainly not in the way the bible describes.
Ezekiel 26:7-10 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. 8 He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you. 9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. 10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.
At the beginning of this passage, he notes how Nebuchadnezzar will destroy the mainland settlements. He then goes on to explain how Nebuchadnezzar will break through the city walls. The city walls he speaks of are the walls of the fortified island that Nebuchadnezzar could not breach. It is very explicit in that Nebuchadnezzar will destoy both the mainland settlements and the main city of Tyre. At best, he destroyed only the settlements, and this much is not even certain.
Quote:Founded at the start of the third millennium B.C., Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance off shore. But it was not until the first millennium B.C. that the city experienced its golden age.
In the 10th century B.C. Hiram, King of Tyre, joined two islets by landfill.
Quote:Early in the sixth century B.C. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, laid siege to the walled city for thirteen years. Tyre stood firm, but it was probable that at this time the residents of the mainland city abandoned it for the safety of the island.(bolding added)
So, I have now demonstrated that Nebuchadnezzar did not destroy Tyre. He may have ruined part of it, but certainly not in the way the bible describes.
Ezekiel 26:7-10 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. 8 He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you. 9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. 10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.
At the beginning of this passage, he notes how Nebuchadnezzar will destroy the mainland settlements. He then goes on to explain how Nebuchadnezzar will break through the city walls. The city walls he speaks of are the walls of the fortified island that Nebuchadnezzar could not breach. It is very explicit in that Nebuchadnezzar will destoy both the mainland settlements and the main city of Tyre. At best, he destroyed only the settlements, and this much is not even certain.
Quote:The most important recent archaeological find in a Phoenician cemetery from the first millennium B.C. Discovered in 1991 during clandestine excavations, this is the first cemetery of its kind found in Lebanon. Funerary jars, inscribed steles and jewelryRead: Phonecian. Some artifacts from the original city have been found.
were among the objects retrieved
from the site.
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