Secrets of Solomon's Gates: Unearthing Biblical History | DHI 7 - Part 1

**Jim Scudder, Jr.** (0:00)
Scott, we're all the way at the bottom of the water system of Hadesor.

**Scott Stripling** (0:04)
You've taken me to some low places in these 30 episodes, but this is the lowest place of all. Yeah, the water system is right here.

**Jim Scudder, Jr.** (0:12)
I'm still back at InGrace is at a new low.

**Scott Stripling** (0:17)
Well, I wouldn't say InGrace is, I just said you've taken me to a new low, yes.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:28)
Welcome to InGrace with Jim Scudder. He is a pastor, author, Bible college president, tour leader to the Holy Land, and host of the adventure TV show InGrace.

**Jim Scudder, Jr.** (0:42)
Hi, this is Jim Scudder, and we are going on an adventure today. This is a brand new series that we're starting today on the Friday and weekend edition of InGrace for today and the next four Fridays and weekends. We are going to play Discover Hidden Israel 7 It's a brand new series we just recorded in Israel, and it's with my great friend, Dr. Scott Stripling. He's an archaeologist. He's the director of The Dig at Shiloh, and by the way, we did film there as well, and that's for you to look up on YouTube. But we are examining the secrets of King Solomon's Gates.
The Bible gives us a really interesting verse where it says Solomon fortified the cities of Hezor, of Gezer, of Megiddo, and of Jerusalem. Well, I wonder if we can find evidence in the archaeological record that would prove out this verse. Well, you know what? That's what we're gonna do today. We're gonna take you first to Hezor. It's a tell very far north in Israel, not all the way up to Lebanon, but definitely above the Sea of Galilee. And we're going to see how important this city was and how it does have a gate structure that matches the other cities mentioned in that verse. This is gonna be amazing. I'm thankful that you're coming along for this adventure and you don't even have to get jet lag. Now, let me tell you about a couple things. Well, number one, we want to take you to Israel. I want to show you some of these places that we're gonna be hearing about today. We have our next InGrace Solidarity Tour coming up in February, and I know you've been dying to go to Israel. Now is the time. We need to stand with Israel and Israel. InGrace has led dozens of trips with thousands of people over the years, and we think it's time for you to come with my wife and I to get a free brochure about our Israel trip, or for our Alaska Cruise, which is coming up in May, that's an Alaska Cruise with Answers in Genesis, to get the brochures for those trips. Give us a call 1-800-78-GRACE, 1-800-78-GRACE, or go to ingraceradio.com.
Now the last thing I'm going to mention before we go off to the hate sword today is we have the video series that you're going to hear today available. It's available for your gift of any amount. InGrace is listener supported. If you want to pay it forward and help somebody else hear this incredible proof of the Bible in archaeology and the gospel is on every one of our episodes, give a gift of any amount to InGrace. Your gift is tax deductible. Your gift is also going to be doubled right now. We're in our matching gift challenge. And you're going to get this awesome four part video series from us at InGrace as a thank you. Give us a call 1-800-78-GRACE, 1-800-78-GRACE to make your tax deductible contribution. 1-800-78-GRACE or you can go online right now, ingraceradio.com. Again, when you make that gift, we're going to send you Discover Hidden Israel 7, The Secrets of King Solomon's Gates. You're going to hear part one in just a moment. And by the way, for those of you that support In Grace with a gift of $100 or more, that's amazing. Thank you so much. And what we're going to do for you is send you the entire Discover Hidden Israel bundle. Of course, that's seven different adventure series that you can only get from us here at In Grace. It includes going under the temple. It includes jumping in the Dead Sea sinkholes and so much more. Give us a call today, 1-800-78-GRACE, or go to ingraceradio.com.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:38)
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**Jim Scudder, Jr.** (4:50)
Some say David and Solomon were nothing more than minor tribal chiefs, that their kingdoms never truly existed. I couldn't ignore those claims. So, with Dr. Scott Stripling, Provost of the Bible Seminary and Lead Archaeologist at the Shiloh Dig, I set out along the ancient Via Maris. From Hatsor to Megiddo to Gezer and finally Jerusalem, we searched for the truth. What we found in the ancient Solomonic Gates may silence the skeptics and confirm the Bible in ways you have to see to believe.