REL 3004 Study Guide - Gezer, Jazer, Ashlar
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Solomon"s royal cities: report in 1 kings 9:15-19, solomon built hazor = tell el qedah, megiddo = tell el mutesellim, Gezer= tell el jazer (v. 15: solomon built storage, chariot, and cavalry cities (v. 19, do vv. Assumed to be solomonic b/c i. ii. iii. 1 kings 9:15 says, solomon built at megiddo. If megiddo buildings were solomonic, so too the towers at. Gezer: megiddo i (1939) = a report n the university of chicago"s excavations at. Megiddo in 1925-34: stratum iv = solomonic i. ii. iii. iv. v. Proto-aeolic capitals, near building 338: stratum ivb = an intermediate phase, below str. Ivb perhaps an early stage of solomonic construction that was later aborted: stratum v = pre-solomonic. Examine arguments for the sol. dating of str. 1 kings 9:15 states that solomon built at megiddo. Megiddo stables fit with 1 k 9:17, which states that sol built chariot and cavalry cities.
