2,700-Year-Old Standing Stone May Provide Fresh Evidence for King Hezekiah's Religious Reforms

2,750-Year-Old Stone in Israel May Reveal How Biblical Worship Changed

AI reconstruction of the standing stone discovered at Tel ‘Eton. Credit: Greek Reporter Archive A 2,750-year-old stone discovered inside a mansion in Israel destroyed by the Assyrians may provide new evidence for religious reforms traditionally linked to King Hezekiah, according to a new study. Published in the 2026 edition of the peer-reviewed Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, the research examines a massive stone unearthed at Tel ‘Eton in Isra…

2,700-year-old standing stone may provide fresh evidence for King Hezekiah's religious reforms

A new study by Prof. Avraham Faust of Bar-Ilan University's Department of General History presents new evidence that may shed light on one of the most debated questions in the study of Israelite religion: Did King Hezekiah's religious reforms actually occur, and did they transform religious practices throughout the Kingdom of Judah?

2,700-Year-Old Standing Stone May Point to Hezekiah’s Religious Reforms

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Fallen standing stone built into later house may show King Hezekiah reform

Repurposing religious artifacts as bricks was not rare in the ancient world, but this particular case in Tel 'Eton may support the historicity of a biblical tale

2,700-year-old standing stone may offer new evidence of King Hezekiah’s religious reforms

A Bar-Ilan University researcher argues that the careful decommissioning of a cultic stone at Tel Eton could provide rare archaeological evidence of religious change in the Kingdom of Judah during the First Temple period.

Bar-Ilan University study suggests 2,700-year-old standing stone (massebah) may provide fresh evidence for King Hezekiah’s religious reforms

Discovery at Tel 'Eton offers rare glimpse into religious change in the Kingdom of Judah during the First Temple period.