ARQUEOLOGIA CONFIRMA EXISTÊNCIA DE 50 PESSOAS QUE APARECEM NA BÍBLIA

Sargão II - uma das 50 figuras
mencionadas no estudo

Segundo Lawrence Mykytiuk, estudioso da Universidade de Purdue, a Arqueologia confirma a existência de 50 pessoas que aparecem no texto da Bíblia " 

A lista das 50 pessoas inclui reis israelitas e monarcas da Mesopotâmia , bem como figuras menos conhecidas. 

Mykytiuk escreve que "pelo menos 50 pessoas mencionadas na Bíblia foram identificadas no registro arqueológico. Seus nomes aparecem em inscrições durante o período descrito pela Bíblia e na maioria dos casos durante ou muito perto do tempo de vida da pessoa identificada." 

A extensa documentação bíblica e arqueológica apoiando o estudo foi publicada em uma coleção exclusiva para a internet, contendo notas detalhando as referências bíblicas e inscrições referentes a cada uma das 50 figuras .

Veja abaixo a lista completa das 50 pessoas confirmadas (texto em inglês):

Egypt

	Name	Who was He?	When He reigned or Flourished B.C.E.	Where in the Bible?
1	Shishak (= Shoshenq I)	pharaoh	945–924	1 Kings 11:40, etc.
2	So (= Osorkon IV)	pharaoh	730–715	2 Kings 17:4
3	Tirhakah (= Taharqa)	pharaoh	690–664	2 Kings 19:9, etc.
4	Necho II (= Neco II)	pharaoh	610–595	2 Chronicles 35:20, etc.
5	Hophra (= Apries)	pharaoh	589–570	Jeremiah 44:30
Moab
6	Mesha	king	early to mid-ninth century	2 Kings 3:4–27
Aram-Damascus
7	Hadadezer	king	early ninth century to 844/842	1 Kings 11:23, etc.
8	Ben-hadad, son of Hadadezer	king	844/842	2 Kings 6:24, etc.
9	Hazael	king	844/842–c. 800	1 Kings 19:15, etc.
10	Ben-hadad, son of Hazael	king	early eighth century	2 Kings 13:3, etc.
11	Rezin	king	mid-eighth century to 732	2 Kings 15:37, etc.
Northern Kingdom of Israel
12	Omri	king	884–873	1 Kings 16:16, etc.
13	Ahab	king	873–852	1 Kings 16:28, etc.
14	Jehu	king	842/841–815/814	1 Kings 19:16, etc.
15	Joash (= Jehoash)	king	805–790	2 Kings 13:9, etc.
16	Jeroboam II	king	790–750/749	2 Kings 13:13, etc.
17	Menahem	king	749–738	2 Kings 15:14, etc.
18	Pekah	king	750(?)–732/731	2 Kings 15:25, etc.
19	Hoshea	king	732/731–722	2 Kings 15:30, etc.
20	Sanballat “I”	governor of Samaria under Persian rule	c. mid-fifth century	Nehemiah 2:10, etc.
Southern Kingdom of Judah
21	David	king	c. 1010–970	1 Samuel 16:13, etc.
22	Uzziah (= Azariah)	king	788/787–736/735	2 Kings 14:21, etc.
23	Ahaz (= Jehoahaz)	king	742/741–726	2 Kings 15:38, etc.
24	Hezekiah	king	726–697/696	2 Kings 16:20, etc.
25	Manasseh	king	697/696–642/641	2 Kings 20:21, etc.
26	Hilkiah	high priest during Josiah’s reign	within 640/639–609	2 Kings 22:4, etc.
27	Shaphan	scribe during Josiah’s reign	within 640/639–609	2 Kings 22:3, etc.
28	Azariah	high priest during Josiah’s reign	within 640/639–609	1 Chronicles 5:39, etc.
29	Gemariah	official during Jehoiakim’s reign	within 609–598	Jeremiah 36:10, etc.
30	Jehoiachin (= Jeconiah = Coniah)	king	598–597	2 Kings 24:6, etc.
31	Shelemiah	father of Jehucal the royal official	late seventh century	Jeremiah 37:3, etc.
32	Jehucal (= Jucal)	official during Zedekiah’s reign	within 597–586	Jeremiah 37:3, etc.
33	Pashhur	father of Gedaliah the royal official	late seventh century	Jeremiah 38:1
34	Gedaliah	official during Zedekiah’s reign	within 597–586	Jeremiah 38:1
Assyria
35	Tiglath-pileser III (= Pul)	king	744–727	2 Kings 15:19, etc.
36	Shalmaneser V	king	726–722	2 Kings 17:3, etc.
37	Sargon II	king	721–705	Isaiah 20:1
38	Sennacherib	king	704–681	2 Kings 18:13, etc.
39	Adrammelech (= Ardamullissu = Arad-mullissu)	son and assassin of Sennacherib	early seventh century	2 Kings 19:37, etc.
40	Esarhaddon	king	680–669	2 Kings 19:37, etc.
Babylonia
41	Merodach-baladan II	king	721–710 and 703	2 Kings 20:12, etc.
42	Nebuchadnezzar II	king	604–562	2 Kings 24:1, etc.
43	Nebo-sarsekim	official of Nebuchadnezzar II	early sixth century	Jeremiah 39:3
44	Evil-merodach (= Awel Marduk = Amel Marduk)	king	561–560	2 Kings 25:27,etc.
45	Belshazzar	son and co-regent of Nabonidus	c. 543?–540	Daniel 5:1, etc.
Persia
46	Cyrus II (= Cyrus the Great)	king	559–530	2 Chronicles 36:22, etc.
47	Darius I (= Darius the Great)	king	520–486	Ezra 4:5, etc.
48	Xerxes I (= Ahasuerus)	king	486–465	Esther 1:1, etc.
49	Artaxerxes I Longimanus	king	465-425/424	Ezra 4:7, etc.
50	Darius II Nothus	king	425/424-405/404	Nehemiah 12:22