This is Ken Ham, and we’re building a model of first-century Jerusalem at the Ark Encounter.
Does the name Sargon sound familiar? Well, he was a great Assyrian king, and he’s mentioned just once in the Old Testament where we’re given the detail that his commander captured the city of Ashdod.
Now, for a long time, Sargon’s name and achievements weren’t found anywhere else, so many people assumed the Bible was wrong. But all that changed when an archaeological dig uncovered an enormous palace of two hundred rooms, and it belonged to King Sargon! And it gets better: the very battle the Bible mentions was found preserved in Assyrian records.
We shouldn’t accept the doubts of archaeologists over the truth in God’s Word!
Dig Deeper
- History and Archaeology of the World’s Oldest City—Babel/Babylon and the Tower of Babel
- Recent Archaeological Finds in Assyria Corroborate Scripture
This post originally appeared at https://answersingenesis.org/media/audio/answers-with-ken-ham/volume-155/missing-king/