Jerusalem, the wall. Link here.
A stretch of wall in the original heart of the city.
Previously thought that stretch was built by Hezekiah, King of Judah, whose reign straddled the seventh and eighth centuries BC.
To the north, the Kingdom of Israel had been destroyed by the Assyrian Empire and to defend itself, that stretch of wall was built.
But now, study suggests that the wall was built by his great-grandfather, Uzziah, have a huge earthquake, echoing the account of the Bible.
Described in Second Book of Chronicles.
2 Chronicles 26:9.
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.
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Chronology of the Bible
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