From: johnturmel@gmail.com   
      
   TURMEL: Hebrew United Monarchy in Egyptian Amarna Letters   
      
   JCT: Evidence of Bible characters has never been found in   
   archaeology. Not Solomon's magnificent temple, not his   
   palace. They looked hard and they've never been able to find   
   proof and have given up to conclude all these Bible   
   characters must be pure myth.   
      
   Unfortunately, Iron Age 22nd Dynasdy Shoshenk was pegged to   
   925 when Shishak plundered Solomon's Temple because Shoshenk   
   soundslike Shishak which pushed the real Shishask from a   
   previous dynasty back in time. The Bible characters were   
   actually found in the Amarna Letters!!   
      
   There are over 250 person names in the Amarna Letters names.   
      
   The Bible cast of characters includes   
   1) father Saul, 2) son Ish-Baal "Man of Baal," 3) his   
   General Baanah for Israel; 4) father Yishay 5) son David, 6)   
   General Joab for Judah.   
      
   The Amarna cast of characters includes 1) father Labaya,   
   2) son Mut-Baal "Man of Baal," 3) Benenima, 4) Yeshuya,   
   5) Tadua, 6) Ayab.   
      
   With 250 possible names, what are the odds Amarna Letter   
   EA256 would have son of Labaya "Man of Baal" Mutbaal linked   
   with Ayab, Benenima, Yishuya, and Tadua as we have son of   
   Saul "Man of Baal" Ish-Baal linked with Joab, Baanah, Yishay   
   and David?   
      
   The chance of Amarna Letter #256 referring to 6 Bible   
   characters out of 6 is 6! / 250^6   
      
   ! ? Factorial, so 6! = 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 720   
      
   250^6 = 244 trillion.   
      
   Chance 6/250 * 5/250 * 4/250 * 3/250 * 2/250 * 1/250 = 720 /   
   244*10^12 = 1 / 340*10^9   
      
   So 340 billion to 1 against picking 6 out of 6 names from   
   250 to match the Bible cast of characters. The chance of   
   picking Lion Labaya to match Lion leader Saul, Mut-Baal to   
   match Ish-Baal; Ayab to match Joab: Yeshuya to match Yishay:   
   Benenima to match Baanah; and Tadua to match David would be   
   340 billion to one.   
      
   Saul and Labaya both dying at Mount Gilboa is a nice extra.   
   How many hills to die on?   
      
   When you consider the extraordinary odds of so many   
   parallels between the Saul and Labaya biographies and their   
   coteries, the Great Canadian Gambler, TajProfessor must bet   
   that Saul and Labaya are not two different people living the   
   same lives with the same family and friends but are the same   
   person!   
      
   You can read about all the correspondences and similarities   
   at http://SmartestMan.Ca/labaya.pdf that will be in my   
   upcoming book Who Was Shishak The Great, Plunderer of   
   Solomon'g temple.   
      
   Any typos, questions, comments, even rude remarks, are   
   welcome. Please send to johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
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