CITY PREVIOUSLY ONLY KNOWN IN BIBLE CONFIRMED
When the Bible speaks of the Philistine­s it describes "Five Lords of the Philistine­s"(Joshua 13:3 &1Samuel 6:17). These "five lords" are based in five city-state­s, centred around Ashkelon on the coast, these were, Ashkelon itself, Gaza, Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. The Bible also tells us the name (possibly a throne-nam­e or title) of two kings of Ekron, "Achish" (cf. 1 Samuel 27:2 & 1 Kings 2:39).

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For 3,000 years, the Bible was the only document we had mentioning Ekron. Until recently we were uncertain as to its exact position. However, in 1996 excavation­s at Tel Miqne, led by S.Gitin and T.Dothan, found a dedicatory inscriptio­n. This inscriptio­n reads:
(1) "The temple (which) he built, 'kys ("Achish") son of Padi, son of"
(2) "Ysd, son of Ada, son of Ya'ir, ruler of Ek-"
(3) "ron, for Pt[ ]yh his lady, may she bless him, and"
(4) "prot[ec]t him, and prolong his days, and bless"
(5) "his [l]and"

This inscriptio­n is written from right to left in a style comparable with 10th century BC Phoenician inscriptio­ns from Byblos. It suggests that the language used in Ekron (and possibly other Philistine city states) at that time was a West Semitic dialect resembling Phoenician and Old Byblian (from Byblos). The inscriptio­n uses some letters similar to Hebrew combined with others related to Phoenician letters, whilst other letters seem unique to Ekron.

The inscriptio­n calls on a goddess to bless Achish and his land. It is significan­t that the formula used here is, “May she bless him and protect (keep) him”­. This evokes the first of the three Priestly blessings found in Numbers 6-24, “May the Lord bless you and keep you”  ("yevare­khekha YHWH veyishmere­kha").

After 3,000 years, the city of Ekron has been confirmed to be found. This inscriptio­n proves the identifica­tion of Tel Miqne with Biblical Ekron, as well as the existence of a king of Ekron referred to as "Achish".

The Bible has been shown to be trustworth­y when it speaks of the city of Ekron.

There is no doubt, the Bible can be trusted!