1 jan 644 ano antes da era comum - Jeremiah's Captors Bullae

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watchjerusalem.co.il, Jeremiah’s Captors Discovered, Two bullae shine a light on the accuracy of the biblical account.
By Rachael Grellet and Christopher Eames • March 5, 2019

Dr. Eilat Mazar, after her 2005 excavation efforts in the City of David revealed a bulla (a clay stamp used for sealing documents) bearing the words “Belonging to Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, son of Shovi.” Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, was an important prince who featured in the book of Jeremiah, chapters 37 and 38. Just two years later, she discovered another bulla—this one belonging to a fellow prince of Jehucal’s, also mentioned in Jeremiah 38. This bulla read: “Belonging to Gedaliah, son of Pashur.” Both bullae date to the same time period as their biblical counterparts.

The reading was clear. “Belonging to Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, son of Shovi.” The Bible describes that this Jehucal was a prince sent to the prophet Jeremiah to ask him to pray for the people of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:3). He also was part of the cabal of princes that called for the death of Jeremiah (38:1-6). After king Zedekiah turned Jeremiah over to the princes, they threw the prophet into a miry pit, where he would have died were it not for the efforts of the Ethiopian servant Ebed-melech.

The text on this bulla [the other one] reads “Belonging to Gedaliah, son of Pashur.” Slightly larger than the Jehucal bulla, the Gedaliah bulla contains more embellishment—indicating that this was a prince on a somewhat higher level. This bulla contains a fingerprint on it, likely of the very prince himself. Gedaliah is mentioned together with Jehucal in Jeremiah 38:1-6 as having called for the execution of Jeremiah, before summarily throwing him into the dungeon.

His father, Pashur, is mentioned in verse one, and may be the same Pashur recorded in Jeremiah 20. This man was the chief governor in the temple, and the son of a priest. He physically attacked the prophet Jeremiah, and had him put in stocks near the Temple. For these actions, a terrible curse was pronounced on Pashur. He was renamed by God as “Magor-missabib,” or “terror on every side,” and was condemned, with his friends, to die in Babylon.

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