Comments on: King Hezekiah in the Bible: Royal Seal of Hezekiah Comes to Light

By: H Z

H Z — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:50:15 +0000

Hezekiah was a great king and faithful to the LORD, but also prideful.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:13:03 +0000

In reply to Jodi Woodruff. Thank you, Jodi.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:56:31 +0000

In reply to Paul Ballotta. Is there a linguistic link between Egyptian Aton (Aten) and Hebrew Adon?

By: DAN BEACH

DAN BEACH — Wed, 25 May 2022 22:07:39 +0000

Another possible way of looking at the enigmatic seal with Hezekiah’s name on it, could be, that the seal actually comes from Egypt, and means only that “this communique is being sent to Hezekiah; it is for his eyes only; see that he gets it”.

By: God Himself

God Himself — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:17:57 +0000

In reply to Crimson. You think somebody planted it there 1800 years ago? The Jews were never really monotheistic until after the exile.

By: Helen Spalding

Helen Spalding — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 22:20:32 +0000

Knowledge is power.

Mexico and Central American gov’ts only provide elementary education to their citizens. You want high school; pay for it yourself. It keeps citizens barely functional and under control of the gov’t…and dirt poor in today’s tech economy. It’s one reason why the ppl are flooding across our southern border hoping for more.

By: Jodi Woodruff

Jodi Woodruff — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 14:17:05 +0000

Chris, your point regarding women being naive in the fifties would have been taken seriously had you omitted your personal opinion of women (typical female airhead). Historically it has actually been MEN suppressing educational possibilities of women that would be the cause for naivety in women back then, not that women didn’t already possess the same intelligence level as the men back then. I guess you just proved my point, thanks.

By: Ari

Ari — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:15:59 +0000

I was wondering about the Ankh myself. It’s somewhat antithetical to monotheistic Judaism so it’s surprising to see it appear an a bulla belonging to King Hezekiah. On the other hand, I’ve seen pagan Roman and Greek god images appear in mosaics in ancient 4th and 5th century synagogues. My guess is that they were just influenced by the prevailing cultures so your theory may be correct.

By: Chris Malan

Chris Malan — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:58:06 +0000

I noticed the ankh symbols, too and wondered about them. Maybe everything needs not be symbolic. Maybe Hezekiah just liked the symbol. In the fifties, a primary school classmate’s mother made doilies and sold them. Some of them were bordered with swastikas. She had a visit from the police who explained to her what they meant. To her, a typical female airhead, they just looked nice forming a border around her doilies. Great was her amazement…

By: Dennis B. Swaney

Dennis B. Swaney — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:34:12 +0000

Excellent article you cited. It clarifies and explains why certain universal symbols were used by the rulers of a small monotheistic country that was surrounded by the large “superpowers” of the day.