2 Samuel
Hebron (2 Sam. 5)
http://www.bibleplaces.com/hebron.htm
David's family and contemporaries (2 Sam. 5)
http://prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/ironi.htm
Memorial of Absalom (2 Sam. 18)
http://www.answers.com/topic/yad-avshalom
Giants (2 Sam. 21)
http://www.s8int.com/giants1.html
1 Kings
Greek additions
Greek additions are in:
1 Kings 2, after vs. 35 and 46
www.katapi.org.uk/katapiNSBunix/Lxx/LxxByBC.php?GB=11&GC=2
1 Kings 12, after vs. 24
www.katapi.org.uk/katapiNSBunix/Lxx/LxxByBC.php?GB=11&GC=12
Temple (1 Kings 6-8)
www.ritmeyer.com
www.templeinstitute.org
Tamar, shipping and Elot (1 Kings 9)
Vs.18 Tamar: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/Hatzeva.html
Vs.26 Shipping in the Red Sea
http://projects.imrd.org/wadigawasis.htm
Elot/Eilat: http://www.bibleplaces.com/eilat.htm
Solomon's Wealth (1 Kings 10)
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2007/07/king-solomon-in-his-ancient-context.aspx
Coexistence (1 Kings 14).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehov
Seal of Izebel (1 Kings 16).
www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_impressions_ostracon.html
www.civilization.ca/civil/israel/images/dss332as.jpg
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/911612.html
Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18).
www.bibleplaces.com/mtcarmel.htm
2 Kings
Moab and Kir-Chareset (2 Kings 3).
www.bibleplaces.com/moab.htm
The name Nimsi (2 Kings 9).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehov
Fort Hatzeva (2 Kings 14:7)
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/Hatzeva.html
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/
Elat (2 Kings 14:22)
http://www.bibleplaces.com/eilat.htm
www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_impressions_ostracon.html
Uzziah and Jotam (2 Kings 15)
Inscription Uzzia: www.bible-history.com/archaeology/israel/uzziah-tablet.html
Seals servants of Uzziah: prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/end.htm
Seal of Jotam: www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_impressions_ostracon.html
Assyria (2 Kings 17)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Ten_Tribes
http://www.bh.org.il/database-article.aspx?48213
www.the-samaritans.com
Assyria's attack on Judah (2 Kings 18)
www.bibleplaces.com/newsletter/2002julyb.htm
The sundial of Achaz (2 Kings 20).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sundials
http://www.bijbelaantekeningen.nl/files/subject?93
Seal(s) of Manasseh (2 Kings 21)
prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/judah.htm
Jehoiachin, king of Judah (2 Kings 24-25)
www.livius.org/ne-nn/nebuchadnezzar/anet308.html
Excursions
Excursion 1: The chronology of the king's time
R.W. Klein's website offers much information on archaeology and chronology. See prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein
In the drop-down menu: Old Testament (then: History Tables - OT and ANE) and Ancient Near East.
Excursion 2: The historicity of the kingdom of David and Solomon
Tel Rehov excavations reveal important contradictions (dating of habitation layers, radiocarbon dating).
See http://www.rehov.org
General information about this period: http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/ironi.htm
Atlas: http://searchingthescriptures.net/main_pages/free_bible_land_maps/map053.htm
Excursion 3: The administrative organization of the kingdom
Atlas: http://searchingthescriptures.net/main_pages/free_bible_land_maps/map055.htm
Exhibit 4: Archaeological data on Jerusalem from the time before the exile
This includes the ancient walls, the water system, the recently discovered Palace of David and found texts.
http://www.bibleplaces.com/areag.htm
http://www.bibleplaces.com/heztunnel.htm
http://www.bibleplaces.com/warrenshaft.htm
Excursion 5: The capitals and palaces of the Tribe Kingdom: Shechem, Tirsa and Samaria
http://www.bibleplaces.com/samaria.htm
http://www.bibleplaces.com/jezreelvalley.htm
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2005/10/omri-king-of-israel.aspx
Excursion 6: The Queen of Sheba/Seba
Many traditions are known about this queen from the south who came to visit Solomon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba
Exhibit 7: Archaeological data on King Hezekiah
This involves Assyrian accounts of the siege of Jerusalem (Sanherib), found seal prints bearing the king's name, and possibly even a picture of him.
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/judah.htm
A site about pitchers with lmlk stamps: http://www.lmlk.com/research/index.html
Ramat Rachel: www.tau.ac.il/.../ramat_rachel/index.htm
Excursion 9: The Assyrians
http://www.aina.org/aol/peter/brief.htm
http://www.crystalinks.com/assyria.html
Excursion 11: Religious dances
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=29&letter=D
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