Five faded letters inscribed on a storage jar is all the textual evidence we have from ninth-century BCE Abel Beth Maacah in the far north of Israel. However, this short and unassuming text may shed new light on ancient Israel’s borders as we know them.1 The biblical site of Abel Beth Maacah (2 Samuel 20:14-22; … Continue reading Shifting Borders? The Benyaw Inscription from Abel Beth Maacah