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PSALM 92;12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ISAIAH 41;19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and  the acacia tree... EZEKIEL 31: 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs. 1 KINGS 6: 2-3 2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row. HISTORICAL CONTEXT   The scriptures confirm that the Cedars of Lebanon were tall and stately shade trees. These trees grow in the mountains of Lebanon. The cedar wood is red, very durable, and has a pleasant fragrance.  King Solomon used it in the construction of his temple. The Egyptians used this cedar to build ships. The...

JOSHUA 8:30-31 30  Now Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal,  31  as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool. And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord , and sacrificed peace offerings. JOSHUA'S ALTAR   HISTORICAL CONTEXT  A archaeologist named Adam Zertal was doing a survey in Manasseh at Mt Ebal on 4/6/80.  He discovered a Hebrew altar. The altar was dated around 1250 B. C.  He used pottery for dating  the altar.  He also discovered  6.5 ft circular stones with burnt kosher bones inside it. This altar may have been built by Joshua.    MAP OF EXCAVATION SITES BY ZERTAL