Footnote 3 – Archaeological Views: Let the Evidence Speak

Amnon Ben-Tor and Maria Teresa Rubiato, “Excavating Hazor Part II: Did the Israelites Destroy the Canaanite City?” BAR 25:03. Ben-Tor and Rubiato assign this destruction to the conquest of Hazor by Joshua. If Biblical chronology is followed, however, it should be attributed to Deborah and Barak. Moreover, if the 1230 destruction was caused by Joshua there would be no city for Deborah and Barak to conquer since Hazor was not rebuilt until the time of Solomon.