The Louve, Bible in hand

We picked the perfect week to be in Paris, there was an international convention in Paris the same weekend we were there. We saw hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses in the first two days we were in Paris. A brother from Tacoma, (small world) was kind enough to give us one of their "Louvre, Bible in Hand" guidebook. Sadly we only had a couple hours before the Louvre closed, so we only saw a few of the many items listed. We are keeping the booklet for if we ever go back to Paris. I would love to go back to the Louvre. Here is a few pictures from our visit. I am going to quote from the booklet. I am so glad we were able to have this experience, it is truly faith strengthening. I am inspired to go some extra reading on these subjects when we get home.


Human-headed winged bulls, One of the cuneiform inscriptions between the bull's legs specifies that Sargon II "struck down Samaria, all the house of Omri." - Compare 2 Kings 17:5,6

Passing lion, Enameled bricks from Babylon's Processional Way, such as the captive Jews would have seen. The bible uses the lion as a symbol of Babylon. - Compare Jeremiah 50:17; Daniel 7:4

Capital from a column, which Nehemiah probably saw, as it comes from the residence of Darius I, Xerxes I (Ahasuerus), and Artaxerxes. -Nehemiah 1:1; 2:1; Ester 1:2; it-2 939

The picture above this one shows just one of the columns, here is a blue print of how many of these columns were once standing.

Large sphinx in the likeness of Amenemhat II, found at Tanis, the Greek name for Zoan, mentioned in Numbers 13:22. The name of Pharoah Sheshonk I (Shishak) is inscribed on the left shoulder. - 1 Kings 11:40; 2 Chronicles 12:1-9; it-2 934

Torment of Marsyas, Illustrated the meaning of the Greek words stauros (stake) and xylon (wood, tree). Matthew 27:40; Acts 5:30; it-1 1191

This was probably the most touching thing for me to see.. it's a long story so you'll have to ask me why. :)

The Seated Scribe, The history of Egype was written by scribes, trained by priests who did not hesitate to delete from the records anything uncomplimentary to the ruling Pharaoh or his gods. This likely explains why the events related in Exodus, chapters 12 to 14, are not mentioned in Egyptian historical records. - it-1 695-6

Hehe, in this room there is dozens of Jehovah's Witnesses huddled around a big black stone. It was quite fun to see.

The Moabite Stone, The inscription relates to the Moabite version of the events recorded at 2 Kings 3:4, 5, 21-27. This stele is the oldest non-Biblical text so far discovered containing the tetragrammaton (18th line on the right, in Hebrew-Phoenician characters). - w90 4/15 30; it-1 152

I have to say that seeing Jehovah's name on this Moabite stone is one of the highlights of my life. I am so excited to have seen something like this with my own eyes.

Shot of the whole Moabite Stone.