Archaeologists Uncover Seal of Isaiah the Prophet

About 10 feet away from the Isaiah seal, archaeologists also discovered a seal for Hezekiah, one of four kings who reigned during Isaiah’s ministry. The Isaiah seal features a grazing doe, believed to be “a motif of blessing and protection found in Judah, particularly Jerusalem.” The seal also contains the Hebrew word nvy, which could be a personal name, indicating this was not Isaiah the prophet, or it could be a reference to “prophet,” which would indicate that this seal is indeed an artifact of the biblical prophet.

Now while this isn’t definitive confirmation of the prophet Isaiah, it does seem likely that this seal came from Isaiah. Of course, we don’t need archaeology to tell us that Isaiah lived, that he was a prophet, and that he ministered (in part) during the time of Hezekiah. We know that from the Bible, which is authoritative in all it references, including history.

Archaeology merely confirms . . . or expands our knowledge of what we already know to be true.

It’s great to see a potential confirmation of a biblical truth, but we don’t believe the Bible because of archaeology. We believe the Bible because it’s God’s Word (2 Timothy 3:16), and archaeology merely confirms (and has done so many times) or expands our knowledge of what we already know to be true.

Because God’s Word is true, nothing in archaeology, when properly understood, will ever contradict the Word of God.

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This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.