Endnote 1 – Where Is the Hazor Archive Buried?

Amnon Ben-Tor, current excavation director of Hazor, thought it was indeed the Israelites who destroyed it. See Amnon Ben-Tor and Maria Teresa Rubiato, “Excavating Hazor—Part Two: Did the Israelites Destroy the Canaanite City?” BAR, 25:03. However, more recent dating of this destruction places it too early for the Israelites. Yet Ben-Tor is right in excluding the Sea Peoples (who included the Philistines), the Egyptians and rival Canaanite cities. Who is left? I believe it was an internal revolt within the city that was responsible for the destruction. The city was then abandoned until the arrival of the Israelites. I hope to develop this point in a future article.