August 31, 2009, 11:13 AMBirmingham Biblical ExaminerJoel Hendon

Man has attempted to show that the Bible is not God’s word and they try to find fallacies to back them up. They have put their hearts into finding certain things in the holy writ which may have not been verified by historians etc. They eagerly teach this as PROOF of the errancy of the Bible. There were a number of such items years ago but, one by one, archaeology and other studies have been uncovered to prove the accuracy of God’s word.

One of the most significant cases is that of the Hittites. Our first indication of this nation of people comes from Genesis 10:14: "And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth." Then we learn of a man who lived among the children of Heth named Ephron who was an Hittite. He is the man who sold Abraham a field in which to bury Sarah. (Genesis 23:13-16)

You then read the name Hittite some 30-35 times in the Old Testament. There were no historical writings other than the Old Testament which mentioned this name. So those who would give their soul to be able to condemn the Bible were convinced that they had found mention of a nation that never existed. Personally, it seems foolish that anyone would even take such a stand, seeing that the Hittites were frequently mentioned along with numerous other Caananite nations who were known to have existed. Never mind that they are mentioned, not only in 4 of the 5 books of the Pentateuch written by Moses, but also in Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and also the apocryphal book of 1 Esdras 8:69. Recall that one of the best known Hittites was that of Uriah, husband of Bathsheba, who was murdered by King David.

One may read of the information now available concerning the Hittite nation by visiting the eite of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites)

But only 133 years ago (1876 A.D.), archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient city where they found over 10,000 day tablets of records which proved that this was the capital city Hattusha, of the Hittites. So once again those who scorn biblical accuracy, had to turn their attention elsewhere in an effort to find discrepancy.