Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. 1. The Contribution of the Amarna Letters to the Debate on Jerusalem’s Political Position in the Tenth Century BCE 1
7. 2. The Kingdom of Ishbaal 18
8. 3. Sources and Composition in the History of David 23
9. 4. In Search of Reality behind the Account of David’s Wars with Israel’s Neighbors 38
10. 5. The List of David’s Officers (šālîšîm) 62
11. 6. Ittai the Gittite 71
12. 7. “Hebron Was Built Seven Years before Zoan in Egypt” (Numbers 13:22) 74
13. 8. Sources and Composition in the History of Solomon 79
14. 9. Solomon’s District List (1 Kings 4:7–19) and the Assyrian Province System in Palestine 102
15. 10. Israel, Edom and Egypt in the Tenth Century BCE 120
16. 11. Historical and Literary Notes on the Excavations of Tel Jezreel 139
17. 12. Prophetic Stories as Sources for the Histories of Jehoshaphat and the Omrides 147
18. 13. Beth-David in the Aramaic Stela From Tel Dan 166
19. 14. Three Notes on the Aramaic Inscription from Tel Dan 173
20. 15. King Mesha and the Foundation of the Moabite Monarchy 187
21. 16. The Contribution of Royal Inscriptions for a Re-evaluation of the Book of Kings as a Historical Source 198
22. 17. Royal Inscriptions and the Histories of Joash and Ahaz, Kings of Judah 211
23. 18. Azariah of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel 228
24. 19. Historical and Chronological Notes on the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the 8th Century BCE 236
25. 20. On the Antiquity of the Regnal Years in the Book of Kings 256
26. 21. The Deuteronomist and Voluntary Servitude to Foreign Powers 259
27. 22. The Debated Historicity of Hezekiah’s Reform in Light of Historical and Archaeological Research 274
28. 23. “The House-of-no-Shade Shall Take Away its Tax from You” (Micah 1:11) 291
29. 24. “The Dedicated Treasures Buildings within the House of YHWH where Women Weave Coverings for Asherah” (2 King 23:7) 303
30. 25. The Fire Signals of Lachish Revisited 307
31. 26. No Anthropomorphic Graven Image. Notes on the Assumed Anthropomorphic Cult Statues in the Temples of YHWH in the Pre-exilic Period 311
32. 27. The Law of the Altar in Deuteronomy and the Cultic Site near Shechem 339
33. 28. Lebo-hamath, Ṣubat-Hamath and the Northern Boundary of the Land of Canaan 359
34. 29. Sources and Redaction in the Chronicler’s Genealogies of Asher and Ephraim 386
35. Index of Ancient Personal Names 396
36. Index of Places 401
37. Index of Biblical References 408