Inscription on Ancient Find Backs Up Jeremiah's Account

The Bible contains some of the oldest extant records of the ancient world. Many of the people mentioned in it have been forgotten to history, and thus some try to use this lack of corroboration as proof that the Bible is false. But time and time again, archeological finds back up the Biblical account. There has been a new find that backs up one of the people in the book of Jeremiah.

The tablet names a Babylonian officer called Nebo-Sarsekim who, according to Jeremiah 39 was present in 587BC when Nebuchadnezzar "marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it".

The cuneiform inscription records how Nebo-Sarsekim lavished a gift of gold on the Temple of Esangila in the fabled city of Babylon, where, at least in folk tradition, Nebuchadnezzar is credited with building the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.