Mari Tablets provide an eye-witness accounting to events spoken of in Scripture

Discovered in 1933 along the Euphrates River, the Mari Tablets are diplomatic correspondences and governmental records involving King Zimri-Lim (a contemporary of Babylon's Hammurabi). To date some 20,000 clay tablets have been found dating back to circa 1800 BC.

Biblical Significance:

• Mentions city of Nahor which apparently is named after the Nahor who is identified in Genesis 11: 24
• References the "Habiru" people (most likely an Akkadian reference to the Hebrews - an allusion to them as a nomadic people)
• Mentions customs of the patriarchal times that are spoken of in Scripture.
  
  We have eyewitness testimony confirming the truthfulness of Scripture.

The Mari Tablets corroborate historical events spoken of in the Bible. As a result, we have yet more proof that the Bible is historically accurate.