The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
Each chapter lists its finds under its title, and the chapter picker shows how many finds every book and chapter has. The AA button sets the text size, light or dark, and English, Hebrew, or the two together.
Chapter 3
1Upon my couch at nightI sought the one I love—I sought, but found him not.
2“I must rise and roam the town,Through the streets and through the squares;I must seek the one I love.”I sought but found him not.
3I met the watchmenWho patrol the town.“Have you seen the one I love?”
4Scarcely had I passed themWhen I found the one I love.I held him fast, I would not let him goTill I brought him to my mother’s house,To the chamber of her who conceived me
5I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,By gazelles or by hinds of the field:Do not wake or rouseLove until it please!
6Who is she that comes up from the desertLike columns of smoke,In clouds of myrrh and frankincense,Of all the powders of the merchant?
7There is Solomon’s couch,Encircled by sixty warriorsOf the warriors of Israel,
8All of them trained in warfare,Skilled in battle,Each with sword on thighBecause of terror by night.
9King Solomon made him a palanquinOf wood from Lebanon.
10He made its posts of silver,Its back of gold,Its seat of purple wool.Within, it was decked with loveBy the maidens of Jerusalem.
11O maidens of Zion, go forthAnd gaze upon King SolomonWearing the crown that his motherGave him on his wedding day,On his day of bliss.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).