Hilkiah the High Priest Discovers the Book of Deuteronomy
You are looking at an ancient seal ring with the Inscription “Belonging to Hanan, Son of Hilkiah the Priest”. The dark blue agate seal is rare as it was found still encased within its silver ring. The three-line inscription is in reverse letters, as per usual, so that the letters will read properly when impressed on a piece of clay, called a bulla. The Bible relates how Hilkiah the High Priest discovered a precious Torah scroll that scholars believe was the Book of Deuteronomy.
2 Kings 22:3-8
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah…the high priest Hilkiah said to the scribe Shaphan, “I have found a scroll of the Teaching in the House of the L-RD!”
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“Belonging to Hanan, Son of Hilkiah the Priest”
In the Bible
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah…the high priest Hilkiah said to the scribe Shaphan, “I have found a scroll of the Teaching in the House of the L-RD!”
"וַיְהִ֗י בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ... וַ֠יֹּאמֶר חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֤ן הַגָּדוֹל֙ עַל־שָׁפָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר סֵ֧פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֛ה מָצָ֖אתִי בְּבֵ֣ית ה'..." ס
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